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NW Kan. sheriff among those suing over Colorado pot laws

DENVER (AP) — Ten sheriffs from three different states are suing Colorado for legalizing marijuana.

The sheriffs are from Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska. They say in a lawsuit filed Thursday that Colorado’s 2012 marijuana legalization vote violates federal law and shouldn’t be permitted.

Among the plaintiffs is Sherman County Sheriff Burton Pianalto.

The sheriffs were joined by county attorneys from Kansas and Nebraska. They are asking a U.S. District Court in Denver to nullify the marijuana amendment to Colorado’s constitution.

Charles F. Moser, county attorney for the counties of Sherman, Wallace and Greeley, also is among the plaintiffs.

The lawsuit is the latest legal challenge to legal weed. Separately, Nebraska and Oklahoma have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down marijuana legalization in Colorado. The Supreme Court hasn’t said yet whether it will hear that case.

And a group of Colorado citizens have filed their own federal challenge, saying marijuana reduces property values.

Click HERE to read the lawsuit.

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