Medical use of marijuana under review
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WASHINGTON - A lawyer for two women who use marijuana as a painkiller told the US Supreme Court yesterday that the federal government has no constitutional authority to outlaw the cultivation of the drug within a state for medical use.
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SANTA FE, N.M. -- Gov. Bill Richardson ordered the state Health Department on Friday to resume planning of a medical marijuana program despite the agency's worries about possible federal prosecution.
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I have yet to see a patient whose health was harmed by smoking marijuana, but I have treated people seriously hurt by the drug's illegality
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New animal research suggest that cannabinoids, the chemicals responsible for achieving a &quot;high&quot; from using marijuana, may prevent the growth of blood vessels in cancerous brain tissue, the Glasgow Sunday Herald reported Aug. 15.
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Armed with a new study showing the drug can ease pain in some HIV patients, medical-marijuana advocates sued the federal government Wednesday over its claim that pot has no accepted medical uses.
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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 FEDERAL government&#39;s crusade against users of &quot;medical marijuana,&quot; even in states that allow sick people to have the drug, is obnoxious.
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The Supreme Court hears arguments today whether support of a doctor and a state medical marijuana law is enough to protect medical marijuana users from the federal government.
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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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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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Can states allow residents to use marijuana for medical reasons when the federal government says no? That is the question being currently debated by the justices
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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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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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Should seriously ill people be allowed to use marijuana if their doctor prescribes it and their state allows it? Or should the federal governmentâs ban on pot trump all?
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Traditional drugs have done little to help 39-year-old Angel Raich. Beset by ailments that include tumors in her brain, seizures, spasms and nausea, she has been able to find comfort only in the marijuana that is recommended by her doctor.
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Pain patients in London will be able to join a national study to test medicinal pot&#39;s safety. It&#39;s believed to be the first scientific look at how medical marijuana interacts or interferes with health problems