Peter Snyder at 7:37 AM ET
Friday, June 14, 2013
Federal judge strikes down Colorado marijuana magazine law
Federal judge strikes down Colorado marijuana magazine law
Peter Snyder at 7:37 AM ET
[JURIST]
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Colorado law that would have
required businesses to place marijuana related magazines behind
counters. Judge Richard Matsch of the US District Court for the District of Colorado [official website] ordered [Reuters report] a permanent injunction against Amendment 64
[text, PDF] which would have treated marijuana related magazines
similarly to pornographic material. The ruling comes after magazine
publishers and bookstores filed a lawsuit [complaint] against the state last week. In response to the suit the Colorado Department of Revenue [official website] announced it would not enforce the rule. In addition, the Colorado Attorney General's Office
[official website] made an announcement that they would not to defend
the rule, instead voicing agreement with the publishing companies that
the provision was unconstitutional.
The sale and use of marijuana remains a controversial issue in the US and abroad. Last month Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper [official website] signed
[JURIST report] a new set of laws regulating the use and sale of
recreational marijuana. Earlier last month the Supreme Court of
California ruled
[JURIST report] unanimously that local governments may outlaw medical
marijuana dispensaries, upholding a ban enacted by the city of Riverside
in 2010. In February the Michigan Supreme Court ruled [JURIST report] that the private sale of medical marijuana is illegal. Additionally, the top court in Ontario upheld Canada's general ban on marijuana [JURIST report]. In December an Arizona judge ruled
[JURIST report] that the state's medical marijuana law is
constitutional and instructed the state to permit dispensaries to open.
Peter Snyder at 7:37 AM ET
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