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The group Americans For Safe Access filed a lawsuit in 2007 demanding that federal officials correct their statements on medical marijuana. The ASA is using a little-known law called the Data Quality Act to challenge the government's position.
It requires federal agencies to rely on sound science when disseminating information to the public.
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