A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Josephine County against the state of Oregon over legalized cannabis.
The suit, filed in April, contended the federal law that prohibits marijuana pre-empts Oregon’s law legalizing cannabis for commercial sales.
U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane earlier this week signed a formal order dismissing the lawsuit, according to the Grants Pass Daily Courier.
- Marijuana growers appealed a Josephine County rule banning cannabis grows in rural recreational zones.
- The state’s Land Use Board of Appeals agreed with the growers and froze the regulations the county had put in place.
- The rural county is just miles from the California border and has struggled with a boom in marijuana grows.
Josephine County legal counsel Wally Hicks said he and the county Board of Commissioners accept the ruling.
– Associated Press
