This presentation will discuss the legal history of cannabis in the United States from the early American hemp plantations and legal cannabis as pharmaceutical, to the Marijuana Tax Act, to the Control Substances Act,  to the decriminalization and legalization of medical and recreational marijuana, to the DEA position on re-regulating marijuana and congressional bills, to the Farm Act and appellate cases challenging the classification of marijuana.
The audience will identify how cannabis has been legally treated in the United States from Colonial times to the present.
The audience will explore how the Farm Act legalized hemp and created confusion about the legalities of hemp derivatives
The audience will analyze the legal challenges to the classification of marijuana