Santa Cruz asks feds to allow city-level medical marijuana department

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The city of Santa Cruz has asked a federal court to approve its plan to distribute medical marijuana directly to sick and dying patients through a new city office.
The city, along with the American Civil Liberties Union and advocacy group Drug Policy Alliance, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in San Jose on Tuesday urging the federal government to allow a newly created city department to provide the drug to patients.
Santa Cruz has approved the creation of a medical marijuana department known as the Office of Compassionate Use, but city officials said they will not distribute marijuana unless it wins the legal battle.
The legal filing, which includes new constitutional arguments for allowing medical marijuana, represents the latest attempt to force the federal government to honor pot laws passed by California and 11 other states.
California law has allowed medical marijuana use since voters approved Proposition 215 in 1996, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer that the federal government can continue to prosecute users.
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Best of luck to them but I think thay may just hit a brick wall.:cool: