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April 28, 2005
Two great articles: Waiting to inhale & Pot Laws Pain Some Elders
Posted by Gary Storck
April 28, 2005
Here are links to two recent articles about medical cannabis. The first examines why the Raich vs. Ashcroft U.S. Supreme Court decision is taking so long, while the second looks at elderly medical cannabis patients and the issue. This is said to be the article that was to appear in AARP magazine, but was scuttled due to political pressure.
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"Now, people are beginning to wonder why it's taking so long for the Supremes to issue their ruling. In most circumstances, the judges issue a ruling within one to three months after hearing arguments. Courtwatchers expected the court to have issued a ruling by late March at the latest. Some thought the Court would go for irony, and issue its ruling on 4-20, perhaps even issuing the ruling at 4:20 pm on 4-20. It didn't happen. Still there is no decision in Gonzales v. Raich (it used to be Raich versus Ashcroft, but Gonzales is now the US Attorney General so his name, as new plaintiff, now goes first). Why is it taking so damned long? -- Christine Trudeau"
Cannabis Culture: Waiting to inhale
By Christine Trudeau
April 28, 2005
Supreme Court takes months in medpot case
click here
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"If those guys in Washington had the pain I suffer, they wouldn't put up all these legal barriers for patients to obtain medical marijuana." -- Catherine Ballinger, 94.
"It's like any other medicine for me. But I don't know that I'd be alive without it." -- Betty Hiatt, 81
Los Angeles Times: Pot Laws Pain Some Elders
By Eric Bailey, Times Staff Writer
April 27, 2005
click here
Posted by Gary at April 28, 2005 02:21 PM
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