http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050606/ap_ ... MlJVRPUCUl
Long story short, medical marijuana is illegal - state laws cannot overturn federal bans on medical marijuana (currently ten states have such laws). BUT, if Congress passes a law that legalizes medical marijuana, then it would be okay. So any legalization would have to be done at the federal level.
Decision was 6 to 3.
Supreme Court upholds federal ban of all weed use
Supreme Court upholds federal ban of all weed use
"When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war." – Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Neither slave nor tyrant." - Basque motto
"Neither slave nor tyrant." - Basque motto
You'd think there was some middle ground that could be reached, like developing pot in pill or even injection form and having it administered by a medical professional, like vaccines or allergy injections are. The plaintiffs:
Monson, 48, of Oroville, was prescribed marijuana by her doctor in 1997, after standard prescription drugs didn't work or made her sleepy. She is battling degenerative spine disease.
Raich suffers from scoliosis, a brain tumor, chronic nausea and other problems.
Monson, 48, of Oroville, was prescribed marijuana by her doctor in 1997, after standard prescription drugs didn't work or made her sleepy. She is battling degenerative spine disease.
Raich suffers from scoliosis, a brain tumor, chronic nausea and other problems.
"When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war." – Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Neither slave nor tyrant." - Basque motto
"Neither slave nor tyrant." - Basque motto