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US Supreme Court denies San Diego appeal

The United States Supreme Court  declined to hear an appeal in San Diego v. San Diego NORML, et al, upholding the validity of California’s  law and leaving the County of San Diego no choice but to implement the state-mandated medical cannabis ID card program. The decision reinforces last year’s victory in Garden Grove v. Superior Court, in which the Supreme Court also declined to hear an appeal that would have challenged California law. These two cases should finally settle the old argument that federal law trumps state law. According to the highest court in the land, it does not.

Read my blog on the Supreme Court decision on ASA’s “Voices from the Frontlines.”