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.