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The Federal Status of Marijuana and the Expanding Policy Gap with States, Congressional Research Service, March 6, 2023, IF12270, Although state laws do not affect the status of marijuana under federal law ... the federal response to states' legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana largely has been to allow states to implement their own laws...Federal law enforcement has generally focused its efforts on criminal networks involved in the illicit marijuana trade.

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