October marks the start of a new term for the U.S. Supreme Court, and the justices are being urged to take up a case on marijuana and gun rights.
Roughly 89,000 Arizonans are medical marijuana patients. And they’re barred from owning guns because using marijuana medicinally still runs afoul of the Controlled Substances Act.
“At the federal court of appeals level, there are so many cases addressing this issue that it’s ripe for the Supreme Court to do so,” said Jeff Toppel, a Scottsdale-based attorney.
The Supreme Court has not yet selected for review any of the cases Toppel mentioned, despite a request from the Trump administration, which wants to continue barring marijuana users from owning guns.
Toppel also said there are probably lots of gun-owning Arizonans with medical marijuana cards.
“I have not heard of a large number of prosecutions,” he said.
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