Quote Originally Posted by TheAtomicPunk
I've heard of this alot, it's sad and disgusting as hell. Because it is only illegal under federal law, feds don't normally be bothered by an old lady smoking in her house but instead bust the cannabis club where she gets her bud from, and forces patients like her to look on the street. I don't know how feds live with themselves....
There's a few things that do not ring right about this story.

She "sued the government preemptively to avoid being arrested for using the drug." Now THAT is crazy.
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At 41 years old, she's not quite an "old lady". She's a "mother of two", and looks pretty good in her picture (below). I also doubt that she got that box of buds "in the street".

Who believes her doctor's statement that marijuana is the only medicine "keeping her alive"? Isn't that going a little overboard?



Angel Raich is seen with cannabis buds at her home Monday, June 6, 2005, in Oakland, Calif. Raich, the California woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only medicine keeping her alive, is not immune from federal prosecution on drug charges, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, March 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) (Ben Margot - AP)