Some people just don't know how to mind their own business.
It's been revealed that an assortment of anti-marijuana groups are suing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. because his office implemented a program to allow $500 per year in hemp-derived products to be covered by Medicare. The prohibitionist groups who are suing include an organization called Smart Approaches to Marijuana. The suit's only individual plaintiff is some lawyer who claims he has standing to sue all because he's old enough that he's covered by Medicare.
The attorney says he is being injured by this program because his feelings are hurt by it. Seriously. According to the defense's brief in response to the suit, "That chain of contingencies is not Article III standing."
The plaintiffs also say they're being harmed because suing over this program takes away resources that they could use on something else. Then don't sue. It's that simple.
Last month, a federal judge rejected the plaintiffs' request for a restraining order against the program.
Hopefully, this suit will not only be thrown out, but the plaintiffs will be sanctioned for filing a frivolous suit.
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