The Supreme Court show.

[The GCW]

Everyone should know the Supreme Court just took arguments over the Angel Raich v. Ashcroft case.

This is some of the Editorials that have come out since in favor of cannabis use.

From the many editorials I read today on the Supremes gig, Editorial boards are speaking out against cannabis being denied to sick people; like I've never seen before.

420EDITORIALS

The federal government has never acknowledged what so many doctors and medical researchers years ago concluded -- that marijuana has healing and pain-relieving qualities. Las Vegas Sun http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1719/a09.html?397

It is difficult to imagine why the federal government is so adamant about denying sick and dying Americans some relief from their suffering. Ledger-Enquirer (GA) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1719/a03.html?397

Law is not an end unto itself. Law exists to facilitate and ensure justice. In that vein, we hope the Supreme Court leaves the use of medical marijuana a states' rights issue. Hickory Daily Record (NC) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1718/a07.html?397

The people of California and nine other states have decided that they want their citizens to be able to use marijuana when a doctor prescribes it as medically necessary. The federal government disagrees.

So now the question is before the Supreme Court: Who gets to decide? Do the people of these states have the right to make their own laws? Or should these laws be dictated to them by Washington?

The court should side with the states. Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1718/a06.html?397

We have argued in the past that Congress should amend the federal Control Substances Act to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to a Schedule II drug, an action that would allow for the medical use of marijuana. Republican, The (Springfield, MA) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1717/a09.html?397

It is always amusing ( if seldom enlightening ) to observe lawyers pontificating on medical topics. The medical marijuana case, Ashcroft v. Raich, heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, however, will turn not on whether lawyers and justices know much about medicine -- hint: they don't -- Valley Morning Star (TX) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1717/a07.html?397

Should Americans suffering from AIDS or cancer be allowed to smoke marijuana to ease their pain?

The voters of California think they should -- as long as the patient's doctor agrees.

Absolutist drug warriors in the White House and Congress, however, believe strict federal rules outlawing all marijuana use supersede state and local authority. Even brain cancer patients like Angel Raich of Oakland, Calif., must not be allowed to use medical marijuana. Tribune Review (Pittsburgh, PA) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1717/a04.html?397

Pop quiz: Which of the following drugs have federally approved medical uses, yet are highly addictive and can be lethal in an overdose?

A. Morphine

B. Cocaine

C. Marijuana.

Answer: A and B.

A zero-tolerance Congress declared war on Woodstock Nation in 1970 by classifying marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, devoid of medical value and illegal in all uses. Thirty-four years later, despite the passage of laws in Oregon and 10 other states allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana for certain conditions, federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents are still sledgehammering law-abiding cancer patients' front doors in order to confiscate their pot. Register-Guard, The (OR) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1716/a08.html?397

THE FEDERAL government's crusade against users of "medical marijuana," even in states that allow sick people to have the drug, is obnoxious. Washington Post (DC) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1714/a07.html?53002

But it's interesting that in these politically divisive times, people still can come together when it comes to putting painkilling over politics. Helena Independent Record (MT) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1707/a06.html?53083

Of the various fronts in the nation's "war on drugs," none seems more perverse and pointless than the raids that Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft pressed Drug Enforcement Administration agents to stage against patients treating themselves with medical marijuana under Proposition 215, a law that California voters passed eight years ago. Los Angeles Times http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1706/a05.html?53083

SURELY THE federal government has better things to do than harass desperately ill people seeking relief under their states' medical marijuana laws. Boston Globe http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1703/a08.html?53083

[Fyrefly1]

Thanks GCW...
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[Fyrefly1]

Thanks GCW...
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"All truth passes through three stages: first it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third it is accepted as self-evident."
Arthur Schopenhauer, 19th Century Philosopher

[Lilli]

Wonderful post bro Thanks so much.
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[The GCW]

A LTE at MAP...

US TN: PUB LTE: He Was A Longhair, After All

Pubdate: Wed, 15 Dec 2004
Source: Nashville Scene (TN)

Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04.n1721.a01.html


HE WAS A LONGHAIR, AFTER ALL

When it comes to medical cannabis ( "Let 'Em Smoke," Dec. 2 ), there is no need to ask, "What would Jesus do?" We already know.

Cannabis was not only known, it was widely used in biblical times. Jesus would have been familiar with cannabis; it was used at the time in healing unctions and temple incense and was fed to both man and livestock. In fact, it is not outside the realm of possibility that the Blessed Virgin Mary used it to ease the pains of childbirth. There is a wealth of documentation attesting to the safety and efficacy of this natural, healing herb stretching back over 5,000 years. It's mentioned repeatedly in the Bible. Yet, nowhere does Jesus caution against its use. Alcohol yes, cannabis no.

This Christmas, as we recall the visit of the Three Magi on that Holy Night, we might also remember that aromatic cannabis was a common ingredient in incense, along with frankincense and myrrh. It was good enough to give as a gift to the infant Jesus, it's good enough for me.

Rev. Steven B. Thompson

Benzonia, Mich.


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[Das]

I just skimmed through this, so what is going on? Is this still before the courts?

[Lilli]

Yes. They have till June to decide.
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I pass to you the torch that Christ once passed to me.
Others are still in the dark and need
the light to see.
"I AM"
"Gathering the fragments so that
none are lost"
His Shepherdess
http://missouri.thcministry.org/