Newsbrief: Anti-legalization activists sue feds over cannabis coverage
Horizontal color photo of White House and the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument in the distance at dusk in Washington DC from the viewpoint of Arlington Ridge Park on Thursday, July 4, 2019
Anti-legalization activists associated with Kevin Sabet's group Smart Approaches to Marijuana sued the federal government to stop a new pilot program covering some hemp-derived CBD and THC products through Medicare. The program, which provides coverage for some patients to receive up to $500 in annual coverage kicked off today.
The suit, filed in Washington D.C. federal court, called the program "an unprecedented and unlawful assertion of binding decision-making authority that will profoundly affect the health of elderly Americans," and alleged it violated the Administrative Procedure Act . . .
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