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New Lawsuit Filed Against the US Government Says Cannabis Prohibition is Now Illegal Based on States’ Legal Marijuana Programs

A group of cannabis companies has filed a major lawsuit challenging the very legal foundations of marijuana’s prohibition under the Controlled Substances Act. Their argument? That the federal ban no longer has any rational basis when dozens of states have implemented regulated programs that have replaced the illicit market the original law aimed to eliminate.

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