U.S. Appeals Court OKs Some Medical Pot

[Rose Siding]

SAN FRANCISCO -- An appeals court ruled Tuesday that a federal law outlawing marijuana does not apply to sick people who are allowed to smoke pot with a doctor's recommendation.

The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was a blow to the federal government in its fight against medical marijuana. The Justice Department has argued that state medical marijuana laws were trumped by federal drug laws.

The case also underscores the conflict between federal law and California's 1996 medical marijuana law, which allows people to grow, smoke or obtain marijuana for medical needs with a doctor's recommendation. Eight other states have similar laws.

The Justice Department was not immediately available to comment on the ruling from an appeals court some call the nation's most liberal.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-medical-marijuana,0,1357209.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

To the 9th :toast:

[Sugarbleus]

1. DITTO that Party!!

Seems like we californians have been caught on a never ending merry go round with "It's okay, it's not okay"...whew

If we vote something in that the population wants, how dare the feds comn in here to tell us how we should conduct our business!
They should spend more time on finding terror cells or Corporate cheats or whatever. Leave us alone!
:grouphug:

[shanti]

2. interesting

that this would come on the heels of yet another "drug decision". so....if i'm in a car with a mm patient, *i* can be busted....IF there is weed in the car.

:eyes: