Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have medical marijuana laws and Americans for Safe Access estimates the Justice Department has carried out roughly 200 raids on dispensaries or growing facilities in nine states.
Hermes fears if the lawsuits persist, patients who need medical cannabis could be forced into the unregulated drug market. "[Rep. Lee's] law would take the wind out of the sails of the Justice Department to intimidate dispensaries who are serving patients in need," Hermes says.
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