Court Rules Against Pot for Sick People

[dogday]

WASHINGTON - 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.


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050606/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_medical_marijuana

[Walt Starr]

1. Guess what, now the DEA can seize the records of medical marijuana users

from those states that allowed it and arrest the sick and dying pot users.

Those who registered to get their state medical marijuana user certifications are now about to find out what registering with the state gets them.

[Just Me]

2. What a terrible ruling.

With terrible consequences.

Sad.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

3. We are so totally doomed,

when Rehnquist dissents.

I fucking give the fuck up.

[Jacobin]

4. "Sick Court Rules Against Pot For People"

That would be a more accurate headline

[dogday]

5. What good are States Rights? When the people of that state vote

for it and the Feds say no. Again silencing the voice and the will of the people....

[sui generis]

6. out of touch and basically stupid

they are the living breathing reason that lifetime appointments should be gotten rid of.

[zalinda]

7. But the headline is good

It says that the court has ruled against SICK people. This one can be spun in our favor.

zalinda

[pocket]

8. The sick part is that our own judges screwed us!

The dissenter are repugs for fuck's sake!

I want to kick something!

[tx_dem41]

9. Its interesting no one has noted that. Rehnquist and Thomas...

dissented. I guess that can still believe in state's rights sometimes. Too bad they didn't in 2000.