Showdown over medical marijuana
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The Supreme Court hears a California case Monday that could become a signature decision of the Rehnquist era. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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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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TALLAHASSEE -- Doctors and lawyers have been warring for years over why medical malpractice insurance rates are so high and what to do about it.
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The Supreme Court appeared hesitant Monday to endorse medical marijuana for patients who have a doctorÂ´s recommendation. Justices are considering whether sick people in 11 states
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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 battle between insurers and drug companies could determine how many medicines will be available to beneficiaries.
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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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T oday, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case about a California woman who uses marijuana to ease her pain from a brain tumor and other ailments.
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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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Oversight has been lax on medical marijuana clinics in California and who can grow the dope for medical purposes. But cities are halting new clinics and the DEA is targeting those with iffy practices. By the Associated Press.
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The penalty for smoking pot in Alabama is up to 99 years in prison. But that hasn&#39;t stopped the Cotton State - along with Mississippi and Georgia â-rom siding with California in its battle to keep medical marijuana legal.
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Angel Raich tried dozens of prescription medicines to ease the pain of a brain tumor and other illnesses before she took up another drug: pot. The 39-year-old mother of two has the support of her doctor and a California medical marijuana law when she uses a blend of a marijuana variety known as "Haze X" every few hours.
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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 Supreme Court questioned whether state medical marijuana laws might be abused by people who aren&#39;t really sick as it debated on Monday whether the federal government can prosecute patients who smoke pot on doctors&#39; orders.
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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 yesterday to endorse medical marijuana for patients who have a doctor&#39;s recommendation. Justices are considering whether sick people in 11 states with medical marijuana laws can get around a federal ban on the drug.
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Southern states join in the marijuana battle to protect states' rights