An article on the study, " Medical cannabis laws and opioid analgesic overdose mortality in the United States, 1999-2010, " was published in the October 2014 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine. In an invited commentary about the study published in the same issue, Marie of Maine, wrote: " The striking implication is that medical marijuana laws, when implemented, may represent a promising approach f...

Over the past twenty-five years, states have developed elaborate regulatory systems to govern lawful marijuana markets. In designing these systems, assumed that Dormant Commerce Clause (“DCC”) does not apply; Congress, after all, has banned all commerce in marijuana. However, states’ reprieve from doctrine may soon come an end. Congress is on verge of legalizing federally, and once it does, wil...