Administrative/Regulatory
Aug. 23, 2016
War on pot just went up in smoke
Despite the outcome of a recent 9th Circuit ruling, Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain cautioned that Congress could do an about-face tomorrow if it wanted to. By Michael Chernis
Although marijuana advocates hailed last week's ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as an end to the federal war on pot, we'll have to wait 'til the smoke clears to see exactly how far the decision carries.
The ruling in United States v. McIntosh, 2016 DJDAR 8484 (Aug. 16, 2016), comes as voters in nine states, including California, prepare to vote in November on whether to allow the recreational or me...
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