Supreme Court Tells Sick And Dying To Drop Dead

People who smoke marijuana because their doctors recommend it to ease pain can be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws, the Supreme Court ruled June 6th, overriding medical marijuana statutes in 11 states. The court's 6-3 decision was filled with sympathy for two seriously ill California women who brought the case, but the majority agreed that federal agents may arrest even sick people who use the drug as well as the people who grow pot for them.

Justice John Paul Stevens, an 85-year-old cancer survivor, said the court was not passing judgment on the potential medical benefits of marijuana, and he noted "the troubling facts" in the case. However, he said the Constitution allows federal regulation of homegrown marijuana as interstate commerce.

In a dissent, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said the court's overreaching stifles an express choice by some states, concerned for the lives and liberties of their people, to regulate medical marijuana differently.

And taking a step back.....

This is old news....the state of California is really putting this to the test. Hopefully it will serve grounds for a review of the federal status on the law. :thumbsup:

email from the MPP

DEA invades California -- please help

Dear...:




[align=left]â?¢ On December 9, six federal DEA agents invaded a Ukiah, California resident's home without knocking, pointed automatic weapons at him, and searched his house without producing a search warrant or any identification. "It intimidated the bejesus out of me," Clay Young said. "I said, 'Don't point that thing at me.' I was scared." After Young called the local sheriff's office, he was told the agents were "in the general area looking for information."[/align]



[align=left]â?¢ On December 12, federal agents raided 13 medical marijuana clinics in San Diego. "They came in with guns (drawn) ... lined us up outside and handcuffed us," one employee told reporters.[/align]



[align=left]â?¢ On December 20, a dozen DEA agents raided the home of a San Francisco couple operating a medical marijuana clinic, seizing 122 plants and $20,000 in assets. "They beat on the door. They took me outside in my underwear and cuffed me and then searched the house," Steve Smith told local media. No arrests were made.[/align]



[align=left]If you're as outraged by these reports as I am, please read on to learn how MPP is fighting back and â?? if you like what we're doing â?? please donate to our work today. Your support is crucial. Would you please donate just $10 to help us keep up the fight?[/align]



[align=left]One of our major projects right now is in San Diego, where the county Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 last month to try to overturn the state's citizen-enacted medical marijuana law. MPP is responding by (1) generating dozens of calls daily from San Diego voters to the county supervisors,(2) working with activists on the ground to generate substantial media coverage, (3) helping to pack the audience for the next board of supervisors meeting to urge them to stop defying the will of the people, and (4) commissioning a public opinion poll that will almost surely demonstrate that the voters oppose the supervisors' obstructionism.[/align]



[align=left]All of this will culminate in a contentious, lively debate at the supervisors' January 10 meeting, where we hope they will back down from their attack on California's medical marijuana law. The room will be packed with activists affiliated with Americans for Safe Access, MPP, local medical marijuana clinics, and other organizations.[/align]



[align=left]We have every reason to believe that we can succeed in San Diego, given what happened in Kern County, California last week ...[/align]



[align=left]After the Kern County Board of Supervisors announced that it might delay issuing ID cards to medical marijuana patients â?? in violation of state law â?? MPP struck hard. After MPP generated hundreds of calls from residents to the supervisors â?? and dozens of citizens unconnected to MPP showed up to the board's meeting to testify against its actions â?? the previously hostile board voted unanimously to implement state law after all! As a result, the Kern County government will soon be issuing ID cards to protect patients from arrest when they grow, possess, or use medical marijuana.[/align]



[align=left]MPP has a proven track record of success, but we need your help to fight aggressively against California politicians' attacks on their state's medical marijuana law. Would you please donate $10 or more today?[/align]



[align=left]Please don't close this e-mail without clicking here to make a donation before the close of the year.[/align]



[align=left]Thank you,[/align]

Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.



[align=left]P.S. Your donation can be fully tax-deductible. Click here to donate by December 31 to receive a tax-deduction for 2005.[/align]

donation made keep up the good work people

They really don't give a fuck about anybody, do they?