Nebraska, Indiana, Louisiana AGs Sue To Stop Trump Admin Marijuana Reclassification

The Republican attorneys general of Nebraska, Indiana and Louisiana filed a lawsuit headed into Memorial Day weekend to stop the Trump Justice Department’s order reclassifying marijuana as a less harmful drug.

The lawsuit, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit combined with a similar lawsuit by marijuana opponent Smart Approaches to Marijuana, argues the Trump administration circumvented its regular rulemaking process.

The AGs argue the push to skip typical public notice and comment periods put the validity of the change at risk and write that the move to reclassify marijuana also might violate a 1967 international treaty on handling narcotics.

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers had no immediate comment through a spokeswoman Wednesday, but he has said many in Nebraska law enforcement disagree with the president’s push to change how the feds classify marijuana.

The lawsuit questions the federal government’s workaround, which essentially makes it the middle man, purchasing the medicine from growers, adding a nominal fee and selling it back to satisfy treaty requirements.

Hilgers has argued that loosening federal restrictions on marijuana as a Schedule I drug like LSD and heroin to a Schedule III drug alongside Tylenol with codeine could make it easier to push for recreational legalization.

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