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Focus Altern Complement Ther 2005; 10: 335
On the 6 June 2005 the US Supreme Court ruled that the federal government can prosecute patients who use Cannabis sativa for medical reasons even in states with permissive laws. The case, known as Ashcroft v Raich, came about when two Californian patients, who used C. sativa under the state’s permissive 1996 law, sued the US Attorney General after a 2002 drugs raid on one of their homes. The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that federal law trumps state law on drug issues. The decision was also seen as a victory for the Bush administration, which had appealed to the Supreme Court that medical C. sativa use sent a mixed signal on drugs to America’s youth.
Times, 7 June 2005, 34.
