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How Can Some States Approve The Use Of Medical Marijuana If There Is A Federal Law Banning It?

I have read that Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington all approve medical cannabis. I have also read that the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act banned marijuana on a federal level.

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How Can Some States Approve The Use Of Medical Marijuana If There Is A Federal Law Banning It?

Oakland Votes to Tax Medical Marijuana

A bud grows on a marijuana plant at Oaksterdam University July 22, 2009 in Oakland, California. Voters in Oakland, California overwhelmingly approved a measure during a vote-by-mail special election for a special tax on sales of medicinal marijuana at the city's four cannabis dispensaries. The new tax rate of $18.00 per $1,000 in sales, up from $1.20 per $1,000, will generate an estimated $294,000 for the financially strapped city.

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Oakland Votes to Tax Medical Marijuana