Seen on the AP wire:
A California woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only medicine keeping her alive can face federal prosecution on drug charges, a U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The case was brought by Angel Raich, an Oakland mother of two who suffers from scoliosis, a brain tumor, chronic nausea and other ailments. On her doctor’s advice, she eats or smokes marijuana every couple of hours to ease her pain and bolster a nonexistent appetite as conventional drugs did not work.
The article mentioned that part of her defense had been thrown out by the Supreme Court a couple of years ago, in a ruling that stated that federal drug laws trump state medical marijuana laws. This time, the court case was on whether the imposition of federal law could be blocked on “right to life” grounds.
The decision, according to the story is that the law can be enforced, but she’s still entitled to a “medical necessity defense”.
While I am definitely not pro-pot .in this particular case, count me firmly in the “dude, that ain’t right” camp.