Medical marijuana case heard by court
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The Supreme Court on Monday questioned whether state medical marijuana laws might be abused by people who arenât really sick as it debated whether the federal government can
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Several U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed reservations on Monday about allowing medical marijuana for sick patients whose doctors have recommended they smoke it for pain.
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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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While medical use of marijuana is authorized under a 1996 California law, federal law bans marijuana as an illegal drug. Today a case arrives at the US Supreme Court where the justices must
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WASHINGTON, Nov 29, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- An apparently skeptical Supreme Court of the United States heard argument Monday on whether state laws allowing the medical use of marijuana should survive despite a federal law that
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A class-action lawsuit was filed yesterday in King County Superior Court on behalf of people who have used the anti-arthritis drug Vioxx.
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A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld an 2002 injunction barring three California marijuana clubs from giving the drug to medical patients with a prescription. The ruling by judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with the Justice Department, which first sued the dispensaries in 1998 to stop sales of medical marijuana to patients with a doctorâs approval, as allowed under a California law approved by voters in 1996. The law has been at the heart of a series of legal battles over state and federal drug laws, which categorize marijuana as illegal. The ruling was likely the last legal recourse for the clubs. In 2001, the United States Supreme Court heard the case and ruled against the California cooperatives.
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A 68-year-old woman who uses cannabis to relieve pain is found guilty of growing and possessing the drug.
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A report on law enforcement violations of the rights of medical marijuana patients in California was released Monday, August 16. The three-month study found local and state law enforcement is routinely seizing the marijuana to which California patients ...
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WASHINGTON (BP)--The federal governmentâs opposition to the medicinal use of marijuana appeared to find a receptive audience at the US Supreme Court Nov. 29.
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Several U.S. Supreme Court justices  expressed reservations on Monday about allowing medical  marijuana for sick patients whose doctors have recommended they  smoke it for pain.
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SUPREME COURT Both sides of the marijuana debate are watching the Supreme Court very carefully, as it hears arguments today on its use as medicine.
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Several US Supreme Court justices expressed doubts that states can let seriously ill patients ease their symptoms by using marijuana, a drug the federal government has designated as illegal.
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A synthetic version of the active  ingredient in marijuana, a legal treatment for nausea in cancer  patients undergoing chemotherapy, also helps symptoms like  pain, anxiety and depression, according to research presented  on Friday.
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Washington -- Two ailing Northern California women took their plea for legally tolerated medical marijuana to the US Supreme Court on Monday and ran into skeptical questioning from both wings of the court.
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The US Supreme Court on Monday will begin hearing arguments in a case that will decide whether patients in 11 states can legally use marijuana for medical reasons.
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A legal dispute over whether prosecutors  violated conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh's medical  privacy during an investigation into possible misuse of  prescription painkillers was sent to the Florida Supreme Court  on Wednesday for review.