Gun ban for marijuana users gets high court review

WARREN,Pa.—Asthetopcountylawenforcementofficialformorethanadecade,formerdistrictattorneyRobGreeneregularlyprosecutedcrimesinvolvingdrugsevenasheoftenconsumedcannabisontheside. TheU.S.Armyveteran,avidhunter,andfatherofthreeisoneof440,000Pennsylvanianswithastate-authorizedmedicalmarijuanacardunderaprogramlawmakersenactedin2016. Greene,whosteppeddownasDAearlierthisyear,saysthecannabisheuses“onceortwiceeveryweekortwo”hassignificantlyimprovedhisqualityoflifebutalsocamewithwhathecallsanunconstitutionaltrade-off. “Asofrightnow,Ihavezerofirearms,”GreenetoldABCNewsinaninterview.“Icouldserve10yearsinprisonforhavingfirearmsbecauseIam,accordingtothefeds,anillegaluserofmarijuana.Imean,it’s(expletive).” Fornearly60years,thepossessionofagunbyanyonewhounlawfullyusesorisaddictedtocontrolledsubstances—includingmarijuana—hasbeenbannedunderfederallaw,evenwhentheyarenotintoxicated. Publichealthgroup