Conflicting cannabis laws on trial in California
The fight over California state rights, and federal government rights, is on. A man in California is on trial today defending his choice to open a cannabis dispensary. His store is legal under California state law, but not under federal law.
The prosecutor says this man is a “brazen drug trafficker who sold dope to teenagers and toted around a backpack stuffed with cash”. He replies by saying he only sold to medical patients when it was prescribed by their doctor.
His defense attorneys would like to present evidence that their client was dispensing doctor-prescribed medical marijuana to sick people in accordance with state law and with the blessing of elected officials in Morro Bay. However, the U.S. Supreme Court has concluded that federal drug laws trump those of the state and that the reasons why the drug is distributed are irrelevant. For that reason, the judge banned the term “medical marijuana” during his trial.
Even if he wins this case, it will be pushed to the Supreme Court eventually, and they will probably take their old stance that federal law overrides state law.
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