Mason Marks, Fordham Law Review
This Essay provides a typology of state drug laws comprising thirteen categories, including decriminalization, recriminalization, adult use, supported adult use, medical use, supported medical use, religious use, social consumption, safe consumption, clinical research, policy analysis, trigger laws, and food and agricultural laws. Several states have enacted hybrid legislation that blends features from different categories. A higher-level categorization can also be imposed onto the typology, dividing the categories into three broader groups, including laws regarding independent drug use, supervised drug use, and drug policy or procedure.