Marvin Washington et. al. versus Jeff Sessions et. al.
She is joined by former NFL player Marvin
Washington, a 6-year-old boy with Leigh’s
disease, a disabled combat veteran who
cannot use his federal medical benefits to
access medical Cannabis to treat PTSD
(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), and the
Cannabis Cultural Association — an organization that represents people of color who have been negatively impacted by marijuana policies as a direct result of the Nixon-era CSA being steeped in racism. Their main claim? The Controlled Substances Act and the Schedule 1 status of Cannabis is unconstitutional, citing that no person can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process. But according to the CSA, using whole plant medical Cannabis is against the law which effectively deprives people like Alexis and her plaintiff cohorts of this constitutional right.
Alexis Bortell will not be in the New York courtroom on February 14, 2018 because of the aforementioned travel restrictions. Her father Dean Bortell represented his incredible daughter on her day in court. This day could improve Alexis’s life, as well as the lives of millions of people who require cannabis to live a quality life freely. If anyone can make the United States of America rethink and amend the antiquated cannabis laws, it’s Alexis Bortell.
Learn more about Alexis and the rest of the Bortell family HERE
Read about Marvin Washington et. al. v. Jeff Sessions et. al. HERE
Here’s where Alexis Bortell will really impress you. Because of her limitations — not being able to travel out of Colorado, potentially not being able to access free college tuition offered through her home state of Texas’s Department of Education, and not being able to take advantage of her veteran father’s military health benefits due to the medicine that sustains her being federally illegal- Alexis is one of several plaintiffs who have filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Department of Justice, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the United States of America.
Her Day in Court
-Marissa Fratoni, RN