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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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