A federal court has again rejected a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) attempt to block the import of marijuana trimming equipment into the U.S. because it was intended to be shipped to a state that has legalized cannabis and related paraphernalia.
The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) has already established precedent in this unique situation last month, upholding the right to importation of trimming technology from a Canadian company to a business in Washington State after CBP blocked the transfer.
Now it’s made the same judgment in a ruling on Thursday, determining that the the company Keirton can import equipment for its “Twisted Trimmers” product that are used to separate leaves from marijuana plants in the state-legal market.
CBP falls under the Department of Homeland Security, but the federal Justice Department represented the agency in the court challenge. DOJ tried to argue that the CBP exclusion from entry was warranted because the company intended to sell products used for the manufacturing of cannabis, a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
The court said that argument doesn’t hold up under a review of relevant statute that creates a drug paraphernalia exception for imports to states that
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