"In a written opinion issued on Monday, Thomas wrote, “The Federal Government’s current approach is a half-in, half-out regime that simultaneously tolerates and forbids local use of marijuana.”
"Specifically, Thomas referred to legislation passed by Congress every year since 2015 prohibiting the Justice Department from interfering in states’ medical cannabis access programs.
"“This contradictory and unstable state of affairs strains the basic principle of federalism,” he wrote."
#cannibis #marijuana #420time
https://norml.org/news/2021/07/01/supreme-court-justice-questions-whether-federal-marijuana-ban-should-remain-in-place/
"Specifically, Thomas referred to legislation passed by Congress every year since 2015 prohibiting the Justice Department from interfering in states’ medical cannabis access programs.
"“This contradictory and unstable state of affairs strains the basic principle of federalism,” he wrote."
#cannibis #marijuana #420time
https://norml.org/news/2021/07/01/supreme-court-justice-questions-whether-federal-marijuana-ban-should-remain-in-place/
"In a written opinion issued on Monday, Thomas wrote, “The Federal Government’s current approach is a half-in, half-out regime that simultaneously tolerates and forbids local use of marijuana.”
"Specifically, Thomas referred to legislation passed by Congress every year since 2015 prohibiting the Justice Department from interfering in states’ medical cannabis access programs.
"“This contradictory and unstable state of affairs strains the basic principle of federalism,” he wrote."
#cannibis #marijuana #420time
https://norml.org/news/2021/07/01/supreme-court-justice-questions-whether-federal-marijuana-ban-should-remain-in-place/
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