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.
Trichome Creator Reviewed by Trichome Creator on . 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 Rating: 5