ABSTRACT
KEYNOTE: The Intergovernmental Problem of Marijuana For many generations the topic of marijuana has been a mainstay of discussions on America’s college campus. As students examine their personal freedoms and the limits that may be placed on them by the law, conversations regularly turn to the rules that govern their access to one of the most controversial substances in
the United States. It is not unusual to hear a student ask why marijuana, or cannabis as it is more formally known, often remains beyond their legal reach, while alcohol-a substance with a long history of destructive consequences-is legal and readily available to anyone twenty-one or older. And more recently students in many states are asking why their counterparts in Washington and Colorado can legally purchase and smoke marijuana when they could be arrested for trying to do the same thing in their state.
