California Supreme Court considers hazy pot rules

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Supreme Court justices on Tuesday suggested that state law might empower local governments to ban medical marijuana shops, in a case set to determine how far cities and counties can go in clamping down on the industry. The case, which comes as elected officials across the nation grapple with how to handle a growing industry for the federally banned drug, pits the southern California city of Riverside against a medical pot dispensary it has sought to shut down, the Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center. …