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More on the Supreme Court decision and background on this case, Ashcroft v. Raich / Gonzalez v. Raich:

http://www.counterpunch.org/gardner11272004.html

http://www.mpp.org/raich/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...060600564.html

A Defeat For Users Of Medical Marijuana

State Laws No Defense, Supreme Court Rules

By Charles Lane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 7, 2005; Page A01

The Supreme Court dealt a blow to the medical marijuana movement yesterday, ruling that the federal government can still ban possession of the drug in states that have eliminated sanctions for its use in treating symptoms of illness.

By a vote of 6 to 3, the court ruled that Congress's constitutional authority to regulate the interstate market in drugs, licit or illicit, extends to small, homegrown quantities of doctor-recommended marijuana consumed under California's Compassionate Use Act, which was adopted by an overwhelming majority of voters in 1996.


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There is also a prior thread at wirednewyork that discusses this case in the broader sense as it relates to "Commerce": http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/sh...56&postcount=1