Politico - All nine former administrators of the Drug Enforcement Administration signed an amicus brief supporting Oklahoma and Nebraska’s Supreme Court petition challenging Colorado’s legalization of marijuana.
The suit claims that Colorado’s legalization efforts conflict with federal narcotics laws and are inhibiting the states’ ability to enforce their own laws. A marijuana flower nearly ready for harvest is pictured.
Colorado’s law “gravely menace[s]…the health, comfort and prosperity of the people” of neighboring states,” the former administrators write in their brief.
“The federal government made the choice in 1970 that a uniform, comprehensive, and consistent national approach to controlled substances was necessary,” the brief continues. “Principles of federalism, properly understood, therefore support the plaintiff States’ suit against Colorado.”
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