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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-26-06 12:49 PM
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Medical Marijuana Issue Returns to Court
SAN FRANCISCO - Each time the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on medical marijuana, the justices have come down against allowing the sick and dying to use the drug to ease their symptoms and possibly prolong life.

However, the door has never been fully closed, and now a federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in the latest round of legal wrangling over the issue.

The case to be argued Monday before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco narrows the matter to the so-called right to life theory: that marijuana should be allowed if it is the only viable option to keep a patient alive or free of excruciating pain.

It would apply only to the sickest patients and their suppliers, regardless of whether they live in one of the 11 mostly Western states that allow medical marijuana.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060326/ap_on_he_me/medical_marijuana
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-26-06 01:07 PM
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1. it is all because Agricultural Hemp Oil can free us of Foreign Oil..LINK>
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-26-06 01:07 PM
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2. thanks for the link
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ecoalex Donating Member (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-26-06 02:14 PM
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3. Prescription drugs do much more harm, but are legal WTF ?
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