How Did Marijuana Become Illegal in the First Place?

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What's crazy and confusing to me is even now that it is "legal" in most states and a billion dollar industry for the government it is still "against federal law."

I'm very happy that states' rights are allowed to override the federal government's scheduling of cannabis over the past 20 years. I know I said this in a previous thread, but I fully expect federal removal of cannabis from Schedule I in around 5 years, maybe 10. There are simply too many other countries making federal taxation money off of it that it would be impossible to ignore for much longer.

Any "federal raids" I've read about in the news is generally related to dispensaries not following state regulations, but the actual raids fall to federal police to handle. The vast majority of dispensaries are doing fine in the states with Medical or Legal cannabis.