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Discussion in 'Medical Cannabis: Treatments & Patient Experiences' started by PassDaDutch, Jun 6, 2005.

  1. #1 PassDaDutch, Jun 6, 2005
    Marijuana Plaintiff to Defy Court Ruling

    SAN FRANCISCO Jun 6, 2005 - One of the lead plaintiffs in the medical marijuana case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday says she'll defy the ruling and continue to smoke pot.

    "I'm going to have to be prepared to be arrested," said Diane Monson, who smokes marijuana several times a day to relieve back pain.

    The Supreme Court ruled that federal authorities may arrest and prosecute people whose doctors prescribe marijuana to ease pain, concluding that state laws don't protect users from a federal ban on the drug.

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    The Bush administration had argued that states, even the 10 states with medical marijuana laws, could not defy the federal Controlled Substances Act, which declares marijuana to be not only illegal, but of no medical value.

    Justice John Paul Stevens, writing the 6-3 decision, said that Congress could change the law to allow medical use of marijuana.

    Monson, 48, of Oroville, was prescribed marijuana by her doctor in 1997, after standard prescription drugs didn't work or made her sleepy. She is battling degenerative spine disease.

    "I'm way disappointed. There are so many people that need cannabis," Monson said.

    Fifty-six percent of California voters approved the nation's first so-called medical marijuana law in 1996, allowing patients to smoke and grow marijuana with a doctor's recommendation.

    In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled against pot clubs that distributed medical marijuana, saying they cannot do so based on the "medical necessity" of the patient. The ruling forced the Oakland supplier of Angel Raich, the other plaintiff, to close.

    Raich suffers from scoliosis, a brain tumor, chronic nausea and other problems.

    Many other cannabis clubs still operate openly in California and other states, but have taken measures such as not keeping client lists to protect their customers from arrest.

    The Drug Enforcement Administration, often working over the objections of local law enforcement, has periodically raided medical marijuana operations and their clients' pot supplies.


    http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=824182



    wats with our government and them banning marijuana from everywhere around here?
     

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