US supreme court to consider whether drug users can legally own guns

Trump administration argues that federal law prohibiting drug users from having firearms is justifiable restriction

Drinking alcohol regularly does not disqualify you from owning a gun in America. Smoking marijuana does. The supreme court agreed on Monday to take up a case challenging that distinction.

The case is an attempt by the Trump administration to reverse an appeals case ruling in favor of Ali Danial Hemani, who was charged with felony gun possession after he acknowledged being a regular marijuana user. Federal prosecutors in Texas had been investigating Hemani, alleging illegal ties to the Iranian regime, and found a gun and drugs during a search of his house.