420 with CNW — DOJ Urges US Supreme Court to Reject Cannabis Case
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decline taking up a lawsuit regarding claims for medical marijuana treatment reimbursement for injured employees. A section of the arguments given by the DOJ for its recommendation include a statement that the federal legislature is moving to resolve the conflict between federal marijuana law and state law. The specific question put before the Supreme Court arises from two cases in Minnesota. In both cases, employees wanted compensation after being injured at work. For both of these cases, the supreme court of Minnesota decided that the law at the…