How about we legalize marijuana at a federal level already?

It’s already ridiculously easy to get a medical prescription.
I get mine completely legally through the mail.

In all honesty, it’s probably half the reason I voted Liberal in the last federal election.

Even though I knew full well that Trudeau would be kind of embarrassing as a figurehead.

That's not how it works.

Read up on California, or other states where it's legal, where the state allows it but the feds can still bust them.

"Rolling through stop signs used to save her so much time."

If it wasn't illegal at the Federal level, it could still be illegal at the state level.

More than half the states in the US have either medical or recreational laws, yet it is still illegal at the Federal Level. The Obama Administration had a hands off approach and respected State Rights through something called the Cole Memo. The current administration repealed this and is taking a step backwards, leaving it up to the US Attorneys of each state to prosecute as they see fit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Memorandum

Be careful of what you wish for because it just might come true. Legalization will mean higher consumer prices as the cost of regulation will be factored into the selling price just as cost of production will. The black market is not going away as they can do it for cheaper. By some estimates 30 percent cheaper once recreational MJ hits your local Walgreen's. But the black market will adjust once they know what the shelf price is so their price will be within 15 percent of the neighborhood pharmacy. Just because something has to pass under the nose of the feds does not mean it will be any safer than buying it from an outlaw. All kinds of crap that happens at slaughter houses and canning/freezing facilities with food so I see the same happening with pot. Further, black market MJ is going no place here in the US as it can be grown anyplace here with adjustments for soil and fertility. What has been done for genetic advancement in vegetable plants is happening with MJ so you won't see MJ with the quality of horse manure. Contrast that with cocaine of which the cocoa leaf simply can not be cultivated here due to the differing environment.

Legalizing MJ will not give its users a pass on other laws that sometimes can be a companion to using MJ. Here in New York it is illegal to smoke in a public place including bars, restaurants, and stores to name a few and I don't imagine that law will changed if MJ is legalized.

Why wouldn't we support the legalization federally of marijuana? After all, aren't we a country undergirded by small business? And isn't the marijuana industry full of small businesses trying to get off the ground? I would think conservatives in particular -- who've spoken of their love of small business for as long as I can remember -- would be especially enthusiastic about helping small businesses in the marijuana industry. Or, is their love of small business just a lot of hot air?

Conservatives seem to be all about less government -- except when it comes to morality. They'll espouse the virtues of tax cuts all day long but ignore utterly the imposition keeping marijuana illegal at a federal level remains. And why? Because conservatives want to uphold legislation that regulates one's behavior behind closed doors -- like engaging in mercantile sex or partaking of the Devil's lettuce.

In Portugal everything is legal

You are so right,, R_Kane.
It would also take the profiteering out of the equation and force the organized criminals into other venues. (Most probably kidnapping, their old tried and true.)
You see, there will always be organized crime.