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Newshawk: JimmyG
Pubdate: Tue, 03 Mar 2009
Source: San Mateo County Times, The (CA)
Copyright: 2009 ANG Newspapers
Contact:
Website: http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/392
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)
LEAVING MEDICAL MARIJUANA TO STATES IS A WELCOME CHANGE
Finally, users of marijuana for legitimate medicinal purposes can stop
living in fear of the federal government. Cancer patients in
California, for example, will be able to use cannabis to treat the
nausea brought on by chemotherapy without worries of winding up in
jail.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said last week that the Obama
administration will leave it to states to enforce their own rules on
medical use of pot. It's a welcome change from the aggressive attacks
by the past two presidential administrations on laws legalizing use in
California and now about a dozen other states.
California voters in 1996 passed Proposition 215, which made it legal
to sell marijuana to people who have a doctor's prescription. As a
result, hundreds of dispensaries regulated under state law by local
governments have opened up across the state. But it's been a constant
struggle.
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MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin
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