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Thanks! I'd never heard of the Brownfield doctrine and looked it up.

Actually the US is among the countries in which a domestic (federal) law can trump an international convention that the US govt had previously signed.

I didn't understand this - are you saying the federal government can legalize marijuana (or other drugs) and not be in violation of the treaties?

Hi Ethan, the US is signatory to a number of treaties, like the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, that require us to maintain the drug war and keep recreational drugs illegal. The Constitution (Art 6, Clause 2) says that all treaties are "the supreme law of the land." Are you encouraging state legislatures to violate the Constitution when you push for legalization?