The issue focused on government legislation that criminalizes certain medical practices. It has been shown in court that federal law criminalizes medical marijuana in 17 states. The federal government has found that medical marijuana laws criminalize medical marijuana and will likely defend that law in court.

The federal government has made clear that medical marijuana laws criminalize medical marijuana. In court, federal lawyers have argued that medical marijuana laws criminalize medical marijuana. The states that have laws making medical marijuana legal have shown that medical marijuana laws criminalize medical