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Re:Credit-card firms are becoming reluctant regulators of th... by some_random on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:56AM (#28829753)
>It will soon be the case where the majority of Americans live in states where recreational cannabis is legal (it was ~1 in 3 last year but NY, NJ and others will push it over). Yet you can't use a credit card to buy cannabis pretty much anywhere AFAIK.

There is not a single state where cannabis is legal, there are only states that have decided they won't enforce federal law.

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Re:Credit-card firms are becoming reluctant regulators of th... by doublescoop on Monday October 11, 2021 @12:05PM (#28829842)
No states enforce federal laws. The federal government does that. If there is no state law criminalizing cannabis use there it's legal in that state.
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Re:Credit-card firms are becoming reluctant regulators of th... by umanwizard on Monday October 11, 2021 @07:30PM (#28834266)
No, the feds refusing to prosecute doesn’t make it legal. Federal crimes are crimes everywhere, even in states that don’t have the same crime on their statute books.
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Re:Credit-card firms are becoming reluctant regulators of th... by throwaway0a5e on Monday October 11, 2021 @02:20PM (#28831234)
The locals generally enforce and investigate and then the feds prosecute.
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Re:Credit-card firms are becoming reluctant regulators of th... by cronix on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:59PM (#28831034)
> There is not a single state where cannabis is legal, there are only states that have decided they won't enforce federal law.

The feds don't really enforce it either. Is there a state the feds have sanctioned over legalization? They even collect federal tax dollars on the businesses selling these "illegal" products. Unless a law is actually enforced, it's just words on paper.

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Re:Credit-card firms are becoming reluctant regulators of th... by vdqtp3 on Monday October 11, 2021 @12:09PM (#28829876)
States don't enforce federal law.
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