Despite the trend possession of marijuana remains a federal crime. On the federal level marijuana remains illegal. Marijuana Legalization Passes Us House Of Representatives Vox The federal government work is to regulate drugs. Federal marijuanas legalized . Chairman Jerrold Nadler D-NY made the announcement in his opening statement during a Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime Terrorism and Homeland Security hearing that broadly addressed federal drug policy. Mississippi voted to legalize medical marijuana use and South Dakota legalized the drug for both recreational and medical use. Despite still being illegal federally states have legalized marijuana and stood up their own regulated markets since 2012 without major federal hindrance. One of the primary reasons why the Federal government should consider legalizing is because its prohibition has purely failed to tame its use. Cory Booker D-NJ says the fate of federal marijuana legalization rests on the shoulders of Georgia vote...