cannabisnews.com: Weeding Out the Politics of Pot Weeding Out the Politics of Pot Posted by CN Staff on December 01, 2004 at 08:59:14 PT By Patt Morrison Source: Los Angeles Times Guess which one of the following remarks all made by Supreme Court justices during this week's arguments about California's medical marijuana law was uttered by the Supreme from the Golden State: "Go to the FDA and say, 'Take this off the dangerous drugs list . Medicine by regulation is better than medicine by referendum.' " "Seems to me the sensible assumption is they're going to get it on the street." "If we rule for the respondents in this case, do you think the street price of marijuana would go up or down?"Dude! Right the first time! It's Quote No. 3, from Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Sacramento homey who owes marijuana a big confirmation vote of thanks: He made it to the court because the nominee before him got dumped after admitting he'd smoked marijuana. This is California's second date with the Supreme Court on the subject of Cannabis Rx. The first time, after California led 10 other states in writing itself a prescription for medical marijuana, the court unanimously folded its black-robed arms and said nope to medicinal dope when it was handed out at "cannabis clubs." The matter is back for seconds because more medicinal marijuanists were busted, barely a month after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, by John Ashcroft's Justice Department, which evidently had already swiftly defeated terrorism and had some free time on its hands. The California women whose case was argued this week grew their own to counter ailments that could keep an entire medical school occupied. Snipped:Complete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/weedingout.htmSource: Los Angeles Times (CA) Author: Patt MorrisonPublished: December 1, 2004Copyright: 2004 Los Angeles TimesContact: letters latimes.comWebsite: http://www.latimes.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:Raich vs. Ashcroft http://www.angeljustice.org/Angel Raich v. Ashcroft Newshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/raich.htmPrescription Pot is Priorityhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19937.shtmlHigh Court High Anxietyhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19935.shtmlMedical Marijuana vs. The War on Drugs http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19932.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Post Comment