What First-Time Smokers Should Know About Marijuana Legalization

Where does federal policy stand?
“There’s a still a difference. We still have a federal government that doesn’t admit that cannabis has any medical value. Even though they have made statements in the past that they’ll respect state laws, we do have a new regime coming in. We are going to have to resolve the federal conflict. And it may be harder for us to do that now. We may have more people in charge who believe in a prohibitionist, law-and-order paradigm.

“But what gives me hope is that we also have more people than ever in the house…