Supreme Court to Hear Case on Medical Pot [to hear this winter]

[truthisfreedom]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040628/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_medical_marijuana_3

Supreme Court to Hear Case on Medical Pot
1 hour, 20 minutes ago
By ANNE GEARAN

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider whether sick people who smoke pot on a doctor's orders are subject to a federal ban on marijuana.

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The high court will hear the case sometime next winter.

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The marijuana case came to the Supreme Court after the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (news - web sites) ruled in December that a federal law outlawing marijuana does not apply to California patients whose doctors have prescribed the drug.

In its 2-1 decision, the appeals court said prosecuting medical marijuana users under the federal Controlled Substances Act is unconstitutional if the marijuana is not sold, transported across state lines or used for non-medicinal purposes.

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[orthogonal]

1. Bad news

The appellate court got this right, so the only reason for the Supreme Court to take it to overrule (again) the 9th Circuit.

[Hawkeye-X]

2. That's right...

The last marijuana argument got a 9-0 rejection.

Hope they're sending hash brownies....

Hawkeye-X

[maxsolomon]

3. maintain the status quo at all costs.

can't let ATF monopoly... end... must resist... drugs bad... alcohol not drug... ignore cognitive dissonance...