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US CA: Judge Rules Against Medical Marijuana Sales
ccguide Monday 06 May 2002 Pubdate: Sat, 04 May 2002 Source: State, The (SC) Copyright: 2002 The State Contact: Website: http://www.thestate.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/426 JUDGE RULES AGAINST MEDICAL MARIJUANA SALES San Francisco -- A federal judge ruled Friday that a California medical marijuana distributor has no constitutional right to dole out cannabis to the sick. The decision was another blow to the Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that the group had no right to sell marijuana to the sick under California's 1996 voter-approved medical marijuana law, which requires the sick to have a doctor's recommendation. The cooperative had sought to reopen the 5-year-old case under new legal arguments, but U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer rejected them at the government's urging. At the same time, Breyer declined to lift an order barring the club from distributing cannabis. "With or without medical authorization, the distribution of marijuana is illegal under federal law," Breyer wrote. The federal government, which declined to comment Friday, argues marijuana has no medical benefits and is an illegal drug. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens
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