Pubdate: Thu, 14 Sep 2000
Source: New Times (CA)
Contact:  http://newtimes-slo.com/

FEDS RULE DOCTORS MAY RECOMMEND POT

In a decision that could have immediate implications for physicians and 
patients in California, a federal judge ruled on Sept. 7 that doctors have 
a constitutional right to recommend pot to their patients, and cannot be 
disciplined by the government for doing so.

The order, by U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup, also prohibits the 
government from initiating investigations of physicians who have made such 
recommendations.

Alsup wrote that the order applies even if the doctor anticipates that a 
patient would use that recommendation to obtain marijuana in violation of 
federal law.
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