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Federal Appeals Court Announces Ruling on MMJ
Posted by FoM on September 14, 1999 at 19:14:09 PT
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Source: Business Wire
TOPIC: A California federal appeals court ruled today that marijuana may be distributed to patients who require the drug for a serious medical condition such as chronic pain, AIDS or cancer. 
The court asked U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer to review his October 1998 injunction against the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative for violating federal anti-drug laws. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Terry Hensley, executive director of Drug Free America Foundation, Inc., specializes in anti-legalization of dangerous drugs and is an expert in drug legalization initiatives and national drug policy. Dr. Judith A. Abert is an AIDS expert at San Francisco General Hospital and can comment about treatments used to improve the quality of life for AIDS patients. Dr. Bill McCarberg, medical director of the Chronic Pain Management Program at Kaiser Permanente, is an expert in alternative medicine. ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. Journalists seeking to interview any of these experts can obtain contact information by visiting the ExpertSource website: http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at the above web address. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at:http://www.businesswire.com/media/ for more information. Contact:   Business Wire, Chicago   Christina George, 312/573-0018   christinag bizwire.com    or   Business Wire, New York   Neil Hershberg, 212/752-9600, ext. 235   neilh bizwire.comTuesday September 14, 5:12 pm Eastern TimeBUSINESS WIREMedical Need a Factor in Pot Cases, Court Says - 9/14/99http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread2884.shtml
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