but because it is the right thing to do. To have conflicting state and federal laws is absurd.

No different than any other prescription drug. Lighten up feds.

I don't recommend doing a number of things on prescription drugs for obvious reasons but the feds are off base on this.

(and TBH I am not sure if each state can and does maintain its own schedule for prescription drugs) but at the federal level marijuana continues to be a Schedule 1 substance.

Should that change? Probably yes.
Will it change in the near term? probably not.

In theory I could be using legally prescribed Marijuana in my state, go to a neighboring state and be arrested.

We've devolved into a nation made up of feudal states.

I might suggest that you reflect back on your US History (1777 - 1789).

Remember the Articles of Confederation and one of the reasons that it failed?

One of the reasons the AoC failed because each "state" was sovereign which made them de facto countries.

It was only when the Constitutional Convention was formed and the constitutional framers, very quietly and way outside the scope of what was expected, designed, wrote and presented what became the ratified Constitution.

Each state would have some autonomy but would be subservient to the federal central government.

We, however, have strayed from this.

And it is not just the Republicans and not just the Democrats. Both parties and political ideologies like the federal government when they agree with it and hate it when they disagree with it.

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As a side note: On September 20, 1787, the convention delegates laid the new constitution before the states and then hit the fucking door and got the hell out of Dodge at light speed.

They knew the reaction that was coming as they had far exceeded their mandate. It was expected that they, at most, were going to tweak the articles or, at the least, do nothing. Instead they built, from the ground up, an entirely new form of government. In response to this the US' Confederate Congress debated and seriously considered censuring the delegates

We still are. In some cases the federal government has assumed to much power. I am in favor of treating most issues like driving licenses. You license in state A is good in state B or C, always.

I guess the recreational use issues are a gray area but medical Rx should be a respected no-brainer in every state.

and will not be until marijuana moves off the Schedule 1 list.

MDs who provide marijuana potentially risk losing their DEA licenses for prescribing controlled substances.

... why this has been brought up by the Commissioner of Agriculture, it's because in Florida the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs is the regulatory agency for concealed carry permits.