Text: Howard Bromberg, Mark K. Osbeck, & Michael Vitiello, CASES AND MATERIALS ON MARIJUANA LAW, 2d. Edition (West Academic 2024). ISBN: 978-1-63659-524-5

Dates Topics/Readings/Assignments

8/20 (1) What is marijuana? Hemp? CBD? - (2) What’s currently happening with regulation of marijuana/hemp/CBD in Ohio? - (3) Why are you taking this course?
Required Reading:
• MARIJUANA LAW, 2d. ed.: pp. vii-xii, 3-12, 41-47, 53-65, 123-129.
Optional Reading/Research Resources
• “Forum – Assessing the Public Health Effects of the Legalization of Recreational Cannabis Use,” World Psychiatry 2020, Issue 9, pp. 179-198
• Anderson & Rees, “The Public Health Effects of Legalizing Marijuana,” IZA Institute of Labor Economics, April 2021 (43 pp. + References/Notes/Tables)
• Colleen Tully, “What’s the best minimum legal age for cannabis,” Leafly, 7/8/20 (9 pp.)
• Carla Berg, et al., “Marijuana Use and Driving Under the Influence,” Substance Abuse & Misuse, Vol. 53 No. 3, 370-380 (2018)

8/25 - 8/27 (1) History of Marijuana in the U.S. - (2) Update on Rescheduling
Required Reading:
• MARIJUANA LAW, 2d. ed.: pp. 13-40, 66-73, 75-123.
• Statement of Justice Thomas re: denial of cert. in Standing Akimbo, LLC v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 2236 (June 28, 2021).
• Office of Legal Counsel, Memo on Rescheduling Marijuana (April 2024).
• Congressional Research Service, “Legal Consequences of Rescheduling Marijuana,”(May 2024) and “Legislative Rescheduling of Controlled Substances,” (June 9, 2025).
Optional Reading/Research Resources
• “FDA Regulation of Cannabis and Cannabis-Derived Products, Including Cannabidiol (CBD)” available on www.fda.gov
• Drug Enforcement Administration, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Rescheduling of Marijuana.
• Robert Mikos, “The False Promise of Rescheduling,” forthcoming Tulsa Law Review (2024).