THE 50-STATE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES COLLAPSE MAP

THE 50-STATE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES COLLAPSE MAP

How Federal Marijuana Rescheduling Breaks State Law

Every state falls into one of four legal architectures.

Only ONE of them survives federal rescheduling cleanly.

(Baseline – DOJ/BJA State CSA Survey)

CATEGORY A – DYNAMIC FEDERAL CONFORMITY

These states automatically adopt federal drug scheduling changes.

Federal marijuana rescheduling rewrites their criminal law by operation of law.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

Colorado

Delaware

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

CATEGORY B – CONDITIONAL / BOARD-ACTION CONFORMITY

Federal changes trigger state review but do not auto-apply.

California

Connecticut

Florida

Hawaii

Kansas

Massachusetts

Nevada

New York

CATEGORY C – STATE-SOVEREIGN / DIVERGENT SCHEDULING

These states do not tether marijuana scheduling to federal law.

Illinois (special marijuana code)

New York (special marijuana code)

CATEGORY D – UNCLEAR / MIXED / REQUIRES STATUTORY PATCHING

States with broken or incomplete scheduling frameworks.

Utah

South Dakota

Montana

⚠️ WHY THIS MATTERS

40+ states lose independent scheduling sovereignty.

Federal marijuana change automatically rewrites state criminal law in most of America.

This means:

• State prohibition collapses unless patched

• Prosecutions become vulnerable

• Due-process notice fails

• Equal-protection and preemption attacks become unavoidable