“Irrational and Archaic:” Advocates Push Supreme Court to Act on Cannabis

A wide-ranging group that includes the nation’s largest cannabis trade association, a major investment group, military veterans, children with medical conditions and ex-professional athletes has taken its fight to decriminalize marijuana to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Nine separate groups, all representing people who’d be impacted by federal decriminalization, filed amicus briefs with the high court over the past week. They're calling for the high court to grant a writ of certiorari, or further review, of a lower court’s April decision that petitioners must first exhaust administrative appeals with the U . . .