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This is the takeaway. I'm Jay Cowett, in for Melissa Harris-Berry. Good to be with you all today. Melissa is back in the chair tomorrow. And hey, listen, happy 420 to those who celebrate.

You know what? Let me hit that. Really? I can handle it. Oh, come on, I smoked a ton of wheat in the 90s.

Right, the 90s. You know, weed has gotten a lot stronger since then.

You honestly think it's gotten so much stronger that I just flat out can't handle it.

You think I'm such a lightweight that if I take one puff...

Kagan, you already took a puff an hour ago.

We've had the same conversation 15 times in a row.

Federal legalization of weed is also a conversation the nation continues to have, even as a majority of states have acquiesced to the idea of puff-puff pass.

And by pass, we mean passing bills on a local level.

Recent years have seen a wave of laws in state legislatures that make weed legal for medical and recreational purposes.

If you're listening to this show, chances are you can do so while consuming weed legally in

some way, shape, or form. Recent bills introduced in Congress point towards a future of possible

bipartisan support for the drug's legalization on a federal level. So we're going to talk about it.

We know a guy.

My name is Kyle Yeager.

I am the senior editor of Marijuana Moment.

So, Kyle, your news site, Marijuana Moment, is all about weed, both the legal aspects of it,

the political aspects of it, the cultural aspects of it.

On this April 20th, 420, 2003, what is the state of our

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