The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a move by two Californian counties to bar patients from using marijuana for medical purposes.
The top court refused to hear a case brought by San Diego and San Bernardo counties that argued the federal law outlawing marijuana should override Californian state law that permits the use, cultivation and possession of the drug for medical purposes.
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Cannabis has a long history of medicinal, recreational, and industrial use and comes from a bushy plant with thick sticky flowers called Cannabis Sativa
Cannabis has a long history of medicinal, recreational, and industrial use and comes from a bushy plant with thick sticky flowers called Cannabis Sativa
The Californian law, adopted by referendum in 1996, allows chronically ill patients with a medical prescription to use marijuana as a painkiller, providing they are properly registered.
But San Diego and San Bernardo have refused to issue such cards, and an association seeking to promote marijuana use began legal action against them at the end of 2005.
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California law says that medical use of marijuana is legal. But employers are free to sack those who test positive, says court.
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But they lost twice in lower courts, and then again on appeal in July 2008. The California Supreme Court also refused to take up an appeal, meaning the case is now closed.
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