Wary Court Considers Medical Marijuana
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Angel McClary Raich, left, and her husband attorney Rob Raich listen during a news conference in Oakland, Calif. in this June 28, 2004 file photo.
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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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Convinced they have sound science on their side, advocates for the medical use of marijuana plan to launch a novel effort to get the federal government to ease restrictions on the illicit drug.
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Eight Supreme Court justices raised in an era when marijuana was a branded a &quot;killer weed&quot; responsible for a variety of deviant behavior debated Monday whether California should
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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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A California judge appears set to nullify an election result voting down medical use of marijuana after an e-voting lawsuit.
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California&#39;s self-described &quot;spokespatient&quot; for medical marijuana watched the Supreme Court debate her case Monday, then pleaded publicly for the justices to allow her and other sick people to continue using the drug.
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Seriously ill people should be allowed to smoke marijuana if it is recommended by their doctors. We hope the US Supreme Court agrees and decides that patients in Maine and 10 other states with medical marijuana laws can get around the federal ban on pot.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the issue of medical marijuana tomorrow. A decision is expected tomorrow as well. Prosecutors say it is an addictive substance.
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Two Northern California women who say medical marijuana is their only shield from a life of agony take their case to the US Supreme Court on Monday in a clash between federal power to regulate drug use and a state&#39;s authority to determine medical care for
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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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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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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
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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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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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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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WASHINGTON -- Liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices expressed doubt Monday that sick patients should be allowed to use doctor-recommended marijuana to relieve pain.