Puff, puff, fail.  NPR recently looked at the problem some
colleges have when students with medical marijuana prescriptions
bring their drugs with them onto campus– because it’s illegal
under federal law, colleges which allow it are at risk for
losing federal funding.  Nurse: So what we have here is an issue
where a single substance is both a prescription medication under
state law and an illegal substance under federal law. So. . .
houston, we have a problem. Lawyer, what happens when state law
and federal law conflict? We know that the feds could pull
funding, but what else? I feel like I heard noise from the
federal government that enforcing marijuana laws in states where
it was legal was not a priority.  Lawyer: Well, basically, it’s
still illegal. The state and the feds act in tandem, and the
state has said this isn’t a crime, but the feds have said it is,
so the state cops can’t arrest you but the DEA still could.
Though as I recall, the Obama administration had decided it
wasn’t going to prosecute medi