A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a constitutional challenge to U.S. marijuana prohibition brought by a coalition of regulated cannabis companies.
The ruling was expected.
Also expected – and planned all along – is the plaintiffs’ intention “to seek Supreme Court review” of the case, attorney Jonathan Schiller told Reuters.
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Chicago-based multistate operator Verano Holdings and three Massachusetts-based co-plaintiffs sued the U.S. Department of Justice in October 2023, alleging that federal marijuana prohibition under the Controlled Substances Act is no longer constitutional.
As MJBizDaily reported at the time, the plaintiffs’ goal from the beginning was to get the case before the U.S. Supreme Court, where justices in 2005 upheld Congress’ power to outlaw marijuana federally despite state-level reform.
To get that case
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