Pubdate: Thu, 19 Feb 2015
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2015 The Denver Post Corp
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Author: John Ingold

D. C. GROUP PLANS MARIJUANA LAWSUIT

A Washington, D. C.- based group opposed to the legalization of 
marijuana has announced plans to sue the state of Colorado in federal 
court, in the hopes of closing the state's pot stores.

The Safe Streets Alliance, which touts itself as "a nonprofit 
national organization founded over two decades ago to reduce violent 
crime in America," plans to announce the lawsuit Thursday in a news 
conference on the Colorado Capitol's east steps.

According to information posted on the group's website, the lawsuit 
will name both Colorado officials and "several prominent 
participants" of the marijuana industry.

The lawsuit apparently will argue that Colorado's system for 
regulating marijuana stores violates the Supremacy Clause of the U. 
S. Constitution and federal anti-racketeering laws. Reached by phone, 
an attorney for Safe Streets refused to provide further details, 
including the names of the lawsuit's plaintiffs.

Colorado already is defending its legalization laws from a lawsuit 
filed by two neighboring states. The state attorney general's office 
has yet to respond to that lawsuit but has indicated the lawsuit lacks merit.
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