Pubdate: Tue, 22 Mar 2016
Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Copyright: 2016 The Commercial Appeal
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/95

CHALLENGE TO STATE POT LAWS REJECTED

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a conservative 
challenge to the marijuana legalization laws adopted in Colorado and 
elsewhere that permit adults to buy, sell or use an ounce of the 
drug. By a 6-2 vote, the justices turned away a lawsuit brought by 
Nebraska and Oklahoma, whose state at torneys complained that illegal 
marijuana was pouring into their states as a result of Colorado's 
liberalized laws. The suit brought by Nebraska and Oklahoma also 
implicitly challenged the Obama administration for it s refusal to 
intervene more directly in Colorado.

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