Louisiana Pulls Out of Marijuana Reclassification Lawsuit Against Trump Administration

Louisiana pulls out of marijuana reclassification lawsuit against Trump administration

Buds of marijuana on display inside Mother Earth Wellness in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. (Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)Louisiana will no longer be part of a lawsuit other states have filed to stop the Trump administration reclassification of medical marijuana as a less harmful drug. Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a petition Friday with the federal court in Washington, D.C., to pull Louisiana out of a case that her counterparts in Nebra…

Louisiana Abruptly Drops Out of DOJ Marijuana Rescheduling Lawsuit

The attorney general of Louisiana has withdrawn from participation in a lawsuit she initially joined that seeks to challenge the federal cannabis rescheduling action announced by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice in April. The case, brought in May by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) and the attorneys general of Indiana and Nebraska, claims the officials will “show that this agency action fails to comport with the requireme…