cannabisnews.com: State Justices Hear Debate on Use of Pot for Ill!





State Justices Hear Debate on Use of Pot for Ill!
Posted by FoM on April 08, 1999 at 11:06:52 PT
Source: Herald Link
TALLAHASSEE Three weeks after U.S. health experts recommended marijuana use for some patients, the Florida Supreme Court took up the issue, hearing oral arguments Wednesday on whether seriously ill people have the right to smoke pot for medicinal purposes.
The Florida case involves a 61-year-old Panhandle man who smokes the illegal substance to keep his glaucoma at bay and lessen the nausea caused by transplant drugs that he must take so his body doesn't reject a kidney.``It kills the sickness so I can eat and I can see,'' George Sowell said in a telephone interview after his lawyer pleaded his case before the high court. ``I'm a law-abiding man, but I'm not going to sit here and go blind.'Click above link for full story!
END SNIP -->
Snipped
Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help




Post Comment


Name: Optional Password: 
E-Mail: 
Subject: 
Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message]
Link URL: 
Link Title: