Bush Wants Marijuana Ruling Struck Down; Punish MDs who prescribe

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Bush Wants Marijuana Ruling Struck Down

> Fri Jul 11,12:53 PM ET

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> By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer

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> WASHINGTON - The Bush administration wants the Supreme Court's permission

> to strip prescription licenses from doctors who recommend marijuana to

sick

> patients.

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> The administration, which has taken a hard stand against state medical

> marijuana laws, asked the high court to strike down an appeals court

ruling

> that blocked the punishment, or investigation, of physicians who tell

> patients they may be helped by the drug.

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> The administration's appeal, filed this week, gives the Supreme Court a

> chance to revisit the subject of legalized marijuana. Two years ago, the

> court ruled that there is no exception in federal drug laws for people to

> use pot to ease pain from cancer, AIDS

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> Solicitor General Theodore Olson said the latest 9th Circuit decision

keeps

> the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration from protecting the public. He

> said the ruling licenses doctors to treat patients with illegal drugs and

> that physicians who urge patients to use pot are no different than those

> recommending heroin or LSD.

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> Medical marijuana laws are on the books in Alaska, Arizona, California,

> Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.

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> At issue is a policy, put in place during the Clinton administration, that

> requires the revocation of federal prescription licenses of doctors who

> recommend marijuana.

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> The appeals court said that the policy interferes with free-speech rights

> of doctors and patients. Physicians should be able to speak candidly with

> patients without fear of government sanctions, the court said, but they

can

> be punished if they actually help patients obtain the drug.

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> government victory at the high court would gut the medical marijuana laws

> and hurt doctor-patient relationships.

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> " This case is about doctors providing honest and accurate medical advice

to

> patients and the government wanting to censor that advice and leave

> patients to the Internet, their friends and back alley information in

order

> to make medical decisions, " Boyd said Friday.

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> Justices will likely decide this fall whether to review the case.

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> The case is Walters v. Conant, 03-40.

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Am i Missing something? What are the chemical healing properties of

Marijuana? I work with Mental Health and am aware of the side

effects to the CNS.

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>Am i Missing something? What are the chemical healing properties of

>Marijuana? I work with Mental Health and am aware of the side

>effects to the CNS.

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[Guest guest]

You're only missing several thousand years of health history. Chemical,

Schmemical! And just what are the side effects of CNS -- or perhaps, more

rightly, what does your friendly neighborhood propagandist say they are?

 

>Am i Missing something? What are the chemical healing properties of

>Marijuana? I work with Mental Health and am aware of the side

>effects to the CNS.

 

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