legal cannabis

“We need to regulate, control and tax marijuana, so that we have a revenue that can help the community reinvest.” By Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury After months of hearings and study, the legislature’s Joint Commission on the Future of Cannabis Sales is poised to roll out a final proposal Tuesday that would launch a legal,…

A public interest law firm representing a man who says federal law unconstitutionally infringed on his property rights has joined the chorus of voices urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case challenging a key underpinning of federal marijuana prohibition. In an amicus brief filed with the court on Wednesday, the Pacific Legal…

A leading libertarian think tank is imploring the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case challenging the constitutionality of federal marijuana prohibition, arguing that the imposition of that policy on states that have enacted laws to regulate cannabis undermines a “foundational feature of our constitutional structure.” The Cato Institute filed an amicus brief with…

The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled a closed-door meeting to discuss a case challenging the constitutionality of federal marijuana prohibition. After receiving briefs in support for taking up the case involving Massachusetts-based cannabis businesses, justices set a date for a conference on December 12. The court is being asked to settle the question of whether…