Pubdate: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 Source: New York Times (NY) Copyright: 2003 The New York Times Company Contact: http://www.nytimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298 Author: The Associated Press Cited: Drug Enforcement Administration ( www.dea.gov ) CALIFORNIA: GOVERNMENTS SPAR ON MARIJUANA Santa Cruz officials filed a lawsuit demanding that federal agents stay away from a farm growing marijuana for sick and dying people. The suit, against Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Drug Enforcement Administration, follows a D.E.A. raid in September on the small pot farm about 15 miles north of Santa Cruz. Agents uprooted about 165 plants and arrested the owners, Valerie and Michael Corral. Marijuana is illegal under federal law but a California law allows it to be grown and distributed to people with a doctor's prescription. YY (AP) - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens