Bloomberg Law
Feb. 20, 2018, 9:58 PM UTC

Lawyers Take Novel Approach in Bid to Reclassify Pot

Melissa Heelan Stanzione
Analysis Channel Analyst

→ Hiller, PC represents clients who rely on medical cannabis to live

→ They argue that federal law’s classification of drug violates their constitutional rights

The law firm suing the federal government over its classification of cannabis as a dangerous drug is taking an unusual legal approach in the closely watched New York case.

Hiller, PC claims the Schedule I categorization approved by Congress decades ago violates the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights as well as states’ rights.

It’s “a true bipartisan case because it energizes the left with patient advocacy issues and energizes the right with states’ rights issues,” plaintiffs’ co-lead ...

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