Court Rules Against Pot for Sick People


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Jun 6, 10:56 AM (ET)

By GINA HOLLAND

(AP) Gary Farnsworth lights up his marijuana pipe at his medical cannabis cooperative in San Francisco...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal authorities may prosecute sick people whose doctors prescribe marijuana to ease pain, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, concluding that state laws don't protect users from a federal ban on the drug.

The decision is a stinging defeat for marijuana advocates who had successfully pushed 10 states to allow the drug's use to treat various illnesses.

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

The closely watched case was an appeal by the Bush administration in a case involving two seriously ill California women who use marijuana. At issue was whether the prosecution of pot users under the federal Controlled Substances Act was constitutional.
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Nothing likie kicking the living shit out of pweople when they are down. What fuckers. At least there are three judges who have a clue. Fucking drug warrior mentality has to be one the the stupidest things I've ever seen a country do. Decaeds of stupidity day after day and people keep getting dumber and dumber thinking stupid shit like this will make a dent in the drug war.

Kudos go to Justices O'Connor, Rehnquist, and Thomas for their dissent.

FREE JOESHO!!!

LOCK HIM UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY!! :P

LOL joesho is cool man he is not doing that stuff anymore

LOL joesho is cool man he is not doing that stuff anymore [/b][/quote]
Nope when we met up we were both extolling the virtues of sobriety and clean living.

Hell , the Sob is going to the gym. (I haven't got to that stage yet LOL)

Nope when we met up we were both extolling the virtues of sobriety and clean living.

Hell , the Sob is going to the gym. (I haven't got to that stage yet LOL) [/b][/quote]
Hes a lean mean busness machine!!!

Those damn Hippie dope smokers!!!!!

Funniest things are often the simplest...


... her name is 'holland'....

Yup it is true, I am not smoking weed anymore, ( it fucks up my lungs too much) I have not smoked or possesed weed in six months . I am no longer registered with the state as a medical patient/grower anyway.

I have sold all my web related 420 properties, and in no way shape or form am connected in anyway to anything weed related at all.

That dont mean they cant lock me up for still being a stupid newbie though Timon... :)

Funniest things are often the simplest...


... her name is 'holland'.... [/b][/quote]
is that ironic?

:)

is that ironic?

:) [/b][/quote]
Don't ya think
A little too ironic

Don't Bogart that joint my friend... :P

pass it over to me! :P

Roll another one, just like the last one... :agrin:

Hopefully one day this country will come to it's senses on issues like these.

Put down the bong and fagitaboutit ... as long as the Republicangelicals are running the show, it just ain't gonna happen.

Put down the bong and fagitaboutit ... as long as the Republicangelicals are running the show, it just ain't gonna happen. [/b][/quote]
you mean to tell me if Kerry was in office now it would be happening?

yeah right, this aint Canada you know ;)

you mean to tell me if Kerry was in office now it would be happening?

yeah right, this aint Canada you know ;)[/b][/quote]



You could be right...

Kerry looks like he would'nt inhale, you know like Clinton. :P

There just isn't a strong enough marijuana lobby in this country...
the lobbyists probably head to Washignton, then just kind of stop off to play hackey and listen to some Phish music...

:lol: :lol:

I'm surprised you're crediting them with heading to Washington in the first place :)

:lol: :lol:

I'm surprised you're crediting them with heading to Washington in the first place :) [/b][/quote]
well it would take 6 months to get there... :awinky:

well it would take 6 months to get there... :awinky: [/b][/quote]
...and then they'd realize they accidently went to Washington state rather than Washington, DC

...and then they'd realize they accidently went to Washington state rather than Washington, DC [/b][/quote]
Then they'd sit around for days saying "whoah... look at the size of that hill dude..."

you mean to tell me if Kerry was in office now it would be happening?

yeah right, this aint Canada you know ;) [/b][/quote]
Kerry may have, though it's no given and actually not likely, had his AG drop the case for appeal.

Anyone even notice who was in the dissent?

Only thing worse then ignorance, is not realizing "what ya know", ain't reality.

Nope when we met up we were both extolling the virtues of sobriety and clean living.

Hell , the Sob is going to the gym. (I haven't got to that stage yet LOL) [/b][/quote]
yeah i was the only one dying for a beer. and when i finally got the chance i bought me a six pack and drank 2 beers before getting hungry (cause i was not able to eat at all that afternoon) so i went to wendy´s across the street and I killed whatever little buzz i had with food :)


canada is the best place to quit drinking.


then i returned to good old panama and bought me a case of Balboa for 8 bucks and threw a party at home

jajaja

yeah i was the only one dying for a beer. and when i finally got the chance i bought me a six pack and drank 2 beers before getting hungry (cause i was not able to eat at all that afternoon) so i went to wendy´s across the street and I killed whatever little buzz i had with food :)


canada is the best place to quit drinking.


then i returned to good old panama and bought me a case of Balboa for 8 bucks and threw a party at home

jajaja [/b][/quote]
We should stick together my man :)


:stout:

There is nothing particularly revealing about the three who dissented. This court is nowhere near as easy to predict as some people think.

I was at first suprised that Scalia didn't join the dissent, but shouldn't have been. Thomas - whom I think is dead fucking wrong on 80% of his decisions - would disagree with this ruling on principle. I can respect him even if I don't agree with him.

Scalia wouldn't know a priniciple if it fell from the sky and hit him in his head.

Pot was incidental to the question put before the court, btw. This case could have just as easilly been about guns, environmental law, abortion, or a host of other issues.