As a practicing health-care lawyer, I find the field of cannabis law or medical marijuana law legally and academically fascinating. Maybe it’s the law school nerd in me from my days at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, but like doctors with a complex medical case, the legal issues surrounding cannabis law are quite complex and interrelated.

Everyone knows that cannabis is still federally prohibited as a Schedule I Controlled Substance under the Controlled Substances Act; yet, in the face of this federal prohibition, 29 states have either legalized recreational marijuana or legalized medical marijuana and the number of states passing marijuana friendly laws is growing (no pun intended).

To read the full text of this article by Duane Morris partner Neville M. Bilimoria, please visit the Chicago Lawyer website.