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Medical Pot Backers Appeal To Court 
Posted by CN Staff on October 08, 2003 at 08:38:25 PT
By Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Source: San Francisco Chronicle 
Medical marijuana advocates took their best shot Tuesday at winning an exception from federal drug laws, arguing to a federal appeals court that the government has no power to deny home-grown pot to two women who use it to ease severe pain. Banning patients from using locally produced marijuana, with their doctors' approval, goes beyond Congress' constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce, the women's lawyer told the court, which seemed sympathetic.
"There was no commercial activity," Judge Harry Pregerson said during the 40-minute hearing of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. "They're not selling this. They're just using it for their own benefit." Another member of the three-judge panel, Richard Paez, compared the case with a decision by the court in March that a woman who took a nude photo of herself and her daughter was not subject to federal prosecution for child pornography because the photo was not used in interstate commerce. Note: Congress can't bar use of local weed, they say.  Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/10/08/BA267965.DTL   Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)Author: Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff WriterPublished:  Wednesday, October 8, 2003 Copyright: 2003 San Francisco Chronicle - Page A - 23 Contact: letters sfchronicle.comWebsite: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/Related Articles:Federal Court Hears Pot Caseshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17500.shtmlB.U. Professor Defends Use of Medicinal Marijuana http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17378.shtml
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