The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a challenge to a federal marijuana law filed by licensed marijuana dealers in Massachusetts.
The court’s decision not to hear Canna Provisions Inc. v. Bondi took the form of an unsigned order that was issued Dec. 15 without comment. No justices dissented.
Marijuana is treated differently by federal and state laws.
As of June 2024, 40 states allow medical use of marijuana, while 24 states allow marijuana to be used recreationally, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
At the same time, marijuana is currently listed as a Schedule I narcotic under the federal Controlled Substances Act—signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1971—which means it is defined as a substance having no medicinal value….