High court weighs the healing powers of pot
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including an inoperable brain tumor - has quickly become the most famous pot-smoker in America. Raich, who says
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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a legal case with far-reaching implications for the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
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Several US Supreme Court justices expressed reservations Monday about allowing medical marijuana for sick patients whose doctors have recommended they smoke it for pain.
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Marijuana can improve the effectiveness of drug therapy for hepatitis C, a potentially deadly viral infection that affects more than 3 million Americans, a study has found. The work adds to a growing literature supporting the notion that in some circumstances pot can offer medical benefits.
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Good news for aging hippies: smoking  pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease.
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In California, seriously ill patients await a Supreme Court decision on the doctor-recommended medical marijuana which they feel has saved their lives.
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On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will determine whether patients in Oregon and 10 other states can continue to use marijuana for medical purposes.
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The high court heard arguments Monday morning on whether sick people in 11 states that allow medical marijuana use can have pot, even though federal law considers the drug illegal.
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The Supreme Court, in a case being watched around the world, on Monday hears arguments about whether to ban the lethal three-drug cocktail used in most U.S. executions because it inflicts excruciating pain.
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Nov. 29, 2004 -- The US Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case that will determine whether federal drug officials can crack down on patients who grow and smoke marijuana even in states where the law allows its medical use.
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The Supreme Court appeared hesitant Monday to endorse medical marijuana for patients who have a doctor's recommendation.
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Hard cases make bad law, the old adage goes. But in the case of Ashcroft v. Raich, the medical marijuana case recently argued before the US Supreme Court (news - web sites), the opposite
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WASHINGTON -- Liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices expressed doubt Monday that sick patients should be allowed to use doctor-recommended marijuana to relieve pain.
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A decision to deny Alzheimer's drugs to patients with mild-stage disease is challenged at the High Court.
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Federal agents trailed Sparky Rose as he drove a Porsche Carrera convertible to his medical marijuana clinic. Under California law, clinics are supposed to dispense marijuana just to seriously ill people and clinic owners are to get only "reasonable compensation." But to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the sports car suggested that Rose might be pocketing big money from his purportedly nonprofit clinic, New Remedies Cooperative.
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Justices will listen to oral arguments on whether the federal government can take action against those who use homegrown marijuana for medicinal reasons within states where it is legal to do so.
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The US Supreme Court heard argument Monday on whether the federal act outlawing marijuana pre-empts 10 state laws that allow its medical use to some degree.