Federal cannabis lawsuit dismissed (Newsletter: July 2, 2024)
Federal cannabis lawsuit dismissed (Newsletter: July 2, 2024)
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In a filing on Monday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts’s Western Division said that while the there are “persuasive reasons for a reexamination” of the current scheduling of cannabis, its hands were effectively tied by past Supreme Court precedent dictating the federal government’s authority to regulate controlled substances even within state borders.
Accordingly, Judge Mark G. Mastroianni, an Obama appointee, granted the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the case.
A federal judge granted the Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit that marijuana companies filed seeking to block enforcement of cannabis prohibition against their state-legal activities.