Justices to take up medical marijuana
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Traditional drugs have done little to help Angel Raich, 39. Beset by a nightmarish list of ailments that includes tumors in her brain and uterus, seizures, spasms and nausea, she has been able to find comfort
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court session starting Monday features many of the same wrenching issues that splintered the justices during the last term and led to some unusually acrimonious dissents. The death penalty, free speech and prison sentences are back on the agenda, along with new topics such as medical marijuana and out-of-state wine purchases that are likely to produce significant disagreement...
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(BCN) -- Two Northern California women will take their bid for the right to use medical marijuana to the US Supreme Court on Monday.
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Angel Raich of Oakland, Calif., smokes marijuana every two hours as prescribed by her doctor to dull the pain of an inoperable brain tumor and other ailments, including seizures and wasting syndrome.
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The US Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments in a case brought against the US government by two California women who use medical marijuana.
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OAKLAND, Calif. A legal challenge by four Northern California residents over the federal government&#39;s prosecution of medical marijuana patients is scheduled to be heard by the US Supreme Court Monday.
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Justices expressed little inclination to view drug policy as an issue by which states can displace regulation of homegrown marijuana.
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court session starting Monday features many of the same wrenching issues that splintered the justices during the last term and led to some unusually acrimonious dissents.    The death penalty, free speech and prison sentences are back on the agenda, along with new topics such as medical marijuana and out-of-state wine purchases that are likely to produce significant disagreement...
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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 Law-yers for the government and for a California woman sparred with Supreme Court justices yesterday on whether Congress should stay out of medical marijuana use in states with &quot;compassionate use&quot; laws.
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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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Time was when marijuana use prompted easy political stereotypes - liberals for, conservatives against. Not anymore. Conservatives of different stripes are likely to have warring views on the case the Supreme
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The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up the constitutionality of Ten Commandments displays on government land and buildings, a surprise announcement that puts justices in the middle of a politically sensitive issue.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The US Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a case that could determine whether federal agents may prosecute people who abide by state medical marijuana laws.
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(CBS 5 NEWS) Monday the US Supreme Court will look at whether patients in 11 states can legally use marijuana for medical reasons.
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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 news that a Supreme Court justice is being treated for cancer should remind voters of a president&#39;s power to shape the high court.