Legal experts don't think much of the idea. But San Diego County officials say they'll ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review their challenge to California's medical marijuana law. The decision comes after the state Supreme Court refused to hear the case. KPBS Reporter Kenny Goldberg has more.
California's medical marijuana law is in conflict with federal anti-drug statutes. County officials argue the federal ban on marijuana should trump California's law.
It's not that simple, says Bryan Liang. He directs the Institute for Health Law Studies at San Diego's California Western School of Law.
Bryan Liang: States have the power to put all sorts of regulations on medicinal uses of drugs. And the federal government doesn't have the right to tell a state, you will make these drugs illegal.
Nonetheless, the County will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case.
Liang believes the Court will decline. He says the Supreme Court hears less than ten percent all of cases submitted to it.
Kenny Goldberg, KPBS News.
