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Federal judge slaps Justice Department for limits on medical marijuana
A recent federal court ruling in San Francisco is a blow to Justice Department efforts to limit the sale of medical marijuana in California and 22 other states, according to legal experts and government officials.
In a scathing opinion last month, U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer challenged the Justice Department’s narrow interpretation of part of a law passed by Congress last year that bars the department from spending any money to prevent a state from implementing its medical marijuana laws.
Justice Department lawyers say the budgetary restriction does not stop them from prosecuting medical marijuana users or providers, a claim that Breyer said “so tortured the plain meaning of the statute that it must be quoted to ensure credible articulation.”
Link: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-medical-marijuana-20151104-story.html
A recent federal court ruling in San Francisco is a blow to Justice Department efforts to limit the sale of medical marijuana in California and 22 other states, according to legal experts and government officials.
In a scathing opinion last month, U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer challenged the Justice Department’s narrow interpretation of part of a law passed by Congress last year that bars the department from spending any money to prevent a state from implementing its medical marijuana laws.
Justice Department lawyers say the budgetary restriction does not stop them from prosecuting medical marijuana users or providers, a claim that Breyer said “so tortured the plain meaning of the statute that it must be quoted to ensure credible articulation.”
Link: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-medical-marijuana-20151104-story.html
