06 Jun 2005
Court: Patients May Not Use Pot Legally

So much for the principles of federalism: how growing a plant in your backyard constitutes interstate commerce is utterly beyond this poor farm boy.

We are no longer a federal republic, but one nation-state consisting of many provinces, each of which is forced to toe the central government line.

AP - People who smoke marijuana because their doctors recommend it to ease pain can be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, overriding medical marijuana statutes in 10 states.

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