Medical Cannabis Ban for Supervised Release Upheld on Appeal

A California man on supervised release will remain barred from using medical marijuana despite the trend of state-level decriminalization, because binding precedent says he lacks a due process right to it, the Ninth Circuit said Tuesday.

Richard Langley pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced to time served and 10 years of supervised release. As required by federal law, the conditions of his supervised release included that he not commit any “federal, state or local crime;” “not illegally possess a controlled substance;” and “refrain from any unlawful use of a controlled substance.”

Langley asked the district court ...