PETITIONS OF THE WEEKMedical marijuana money and purses without probable causeBy Kalvis Goldeat 6:06 pmThe Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Can a police officer rummage through your purse if they find you in someone else’s home that they have a warrant to search? And if your purse contains suspicious amounts of allegedly state-licensed medical marijuana, can federal authorities prosecute you for possession of a controlled substance? This week we highlight petitions asking the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, similar issues in two very different drug-related prosecutions. Since 2015 Congress has attached a rider to its appropriations bills barring the Department of Justice from using funds “to prevent [states] from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.” Brian Bilodeau ran a series of marijuana grow-sites in Maine, which has a legal medical marijuana industry.

Source: Washington Post June 10, 2022 23:09 UTC