My group was federalism. Federalism is the ability for each state to make laws on certain subjects that best fit that states needs. My example of a current issue regarding ferderalism is the state laws on Marijuana. The state law in MA, at no point allows anyone to have any with them at any time with out a fee. However in the state of California, people are allowed to have a certain amount on them with only a fee and it can be taxed. If Marijuana is found in a car and it is less than one ounce can be given a fee of a max of 100 dollars. If there is more than 10 pounds of it in the car the car can be taken in to custody. Marijuana can also be prescibed for medical purposes and covered by health insurances. Other states will have strict drugs charge for any amount of Marijuana. There are good and bad things to California's take on the drug laws. One being, lesser crimes are delt with as lesser crimes and not severly punished. A bad thing however is Marijuana is a gate way drug and can possibly lead to addiction to stronger drugs in some cases.
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