Dying woman loses marijuana appeal,and that is pathetic!

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Dying woman loses marijuana appeal

By DAVID KRAVETS, Associated Press Writer

March 14, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO - A California woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only medicine keeping her alive is not immune from federal prosecution on drug charges, a federal 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 Supreme Court ruled against Raich two years ago, saying that medical marijuana users and their suppliers could be prosecuted for breaching federal drug laws even if they lived in a state such as California where medical pot is legal.

Because of that ruling, the issue before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was narrowed to the so-called right to life theory: that marijuana should be allowed if it is the only viable option to keep a patient alive.

Raich, 41, began sobbing when she was told of the decision and said she would continue using the drug.

"I'm sure not going to let them kill me," she said. "Oh my God."

   This is another one of those cases where the federal government has forgotten " We the people " once again. If memory serves me right, the federal government is always saying that the states should deal with their own issues yet when something comes up that the feds do not like, they have the veto power over the states Over " We, the people ".

   Some of these old fuck's in our government need to retire and go back to their homes and let the people that don't have bad memory lapses and who actually may know a thing or two about pot, make the decisions.

   I myself, if I had the womans address, would see that she got a few pounds for her use, but that's just me.

 

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Bush Stands Behind Alberto Gonzales, So What's New?

    The Liar in Chief said today that he is very upset with misleading explanations given to the Congress by the Justice Department which has been trying to explain why it fired the eight US attorneys and then expected the A.G. to fix it.

   Bush did say that he was standing behind Alberto Gonzales amid calls for his resignation.

AP

"Any time anybody goes up to Capitol Hill, they've got to make sure they fully understand the facts and how they characterize the issue to members of Congress," Bush said. "And the fact that both Republicans and Democrats feel like that there was not straightforward communication troubles me and it troubles the attorney general. So he took action, and he needs to continue to take action."

The president called the actual firings "entirely appropriate" and noted that U.S attorneys serve at his pleasure. "Past administrations have removed U.S. attorneys. It's their right to do so," Bush said.

   Have you ever noticed how President Bush stands behind those who get caught doing things which appear or are not quite right? I would say that is because some of those fine, upstanding government officials such as Gonzales may have a little bit of dirt on El Presidente that Bush would rather stay hid.

   I wonder how many other White House officials are buying land down in South America right about now? Maybe that's the real reason Bush is visiting so many countries south of the United States which do not like him. Shopping for the brethren?

 

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