The issue focused on legal problems with laws used to legalize medical marijuana in Colorado and Washington. Lawmakers say legalization would create economic uncertainty for law enforcement officers, criminal justice reform advocates and civil rights activists.

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Mr. Justice Stephen J. Breyer Jr., who prosecuted cases involving California law enforcement officers involved in illegal medical marijuana prosecutions, said prosecutors had failed to prove that Mr. Cannizzaro or any other attorney could legally sue under federal law. He added