Federal Cannabis Issues with Professor Robert Mikos

About this episode

Professor Robert Mikos discusses federal cannabis issues and the implications of potential legislation to deschedule cannabis.

Professor Robert Mikos, one of the nation’s leading experts on federalism and drug law, may be the perfect person to discuss federal cannabis issues as Congress considers legislation to deschedule cannabis. Professor Mikos, who serves as the LaRoche Family Chair in Law at Vanderbilt Law School, has written, consulted, testified and lectured on a variety of legal and policy issues related to cannabis. His recent work includes analysis of the states’ constitutional authority to legalize marijuana and federal law’s influence on state regulation and taxation of the industry In addition, he is responsible for 2017’s Marijuana Law, Policy and Authority, the country’s first casebook on cannabis law.

People in this episode

Guest: Professor Robert Mikos

Topics covered

• federalism
• drug law
• cannabis legislation
• state regulation
• taxation

Keywords

• cannabis law
• Marijuana Law, Policy and Authority
• Vanderbilt Law School

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Marijuana Law, Policy and Authority

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