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Ashcroft
Seeks
Supreme
Court
Permission
to
Overturn
Free
Speech
Ruling
on
Physician-Patient
Discussion
of
Medical
Marijuana
7/11/03
courtesy Drug Policy Alliance,
http://www.drugpolicy.org
On Monday, July 7, the Solicitor
General of the United States filed papers in the US Supreme Court requesting
that the Court overturn the 9th Circuit's unanimous decision in Conant
v. Walters, which supports a doctor's right to openly recommend or approve
marijuana as treatment for their patients. By taking this action, the Solicitor
General seeks to allow the federal government to investigate any physician
who mentions the word "marijuana" to patients and to sanction those who
approve it for patient use.
"The 9th Circuit's opinion
debunks the Justice Department's claims that marijuana has no medical usefulness
-- citing a large body of medical research to the contrary," said Daniel
N. Abrahamson, Director of Legal Affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance.
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Issue #295, 7/11/03
Editorial: More Than One Kind of Pain |
Alaska Court Rules Marijuana Possession Okay -- Judicial Day of Reckoning Coming |
Doctors' Group Advises Physicians to Avoid Treating Pain with Opiates, Cites Persecution of Pain Doctors -- Tucson Case Illustrates Point |
DRCNet Interview: Brazilian Antiprohibitionists Luiz Paulo Guanabara of Psicotropicus and Cecilia Szterenfeld of the Integrated Programs on Marginality |
Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced in Argentina |
In Memoriam: Don Topping, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii |
Newsbrief: Feds Appeal Ed Rosenthal Sentence |
Newsbrief: Ruling Expected "Soon" in Santa Cruz Medical Marijuana Suit |
Ashcroft Seeks Supreme Court Permission to Overturn Free Speech Ruling on Physician-Patient Discussion of Medical Marijuana |
Newsbrief: Oregon Appeals Court Overturns Asset Forfeiture Reform |
Newsbrief: Canadian Government to Distribute Medical Marijuana |
Newsbrief: New DEA Administrator Karen Tandy Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee Following Medical Marijuana Controversy |
Newsbrief: Former Scottish High Court Judge Says Legalize It |
Newsbrief: British Doctors Don't Say Legalize It |
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