Let us say that a pain Dr. has his client sign a pain contract.The client lives in another state,and has a medical marijuana license for M.S.Is he guilty for using an illicit drug?
Q: Would you call medical marijuana an illicit drug?
Answers (3)
5/12/08 6:44am
Although a number of states have passed laws removing criminal penalties for medical marijuana patients, on the federal level, marijuana in any form is still illegal. In 2005 the Supreme Court ruled in Raich v. Gonzales that the federal government can prosecute medical marijuana patients, even in states with compassionate use laws.
Every state has their own laws regarding medical marijuana so you would have to check the specific laws in the states in question to see if they have reciprocity regarding medical marijuana licenses on the state level. But regardless of state laws, it's still a federal crime.
For more details on the status of medical marijuana laws go to the Drug Policy Alliance site.
Karen
7/ 7/08 10:07pm
yes.
2/ 8/09 1:35pm
Morally speaking, the federal government is guilty of playing politics over real science and taking serious only lobbist bribes over citizens' pain.
Big pharma, has applied for dozens of patents of cannabinoids, at the same time paying politicians to continue holding marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug that has "no medical value"...obviously, the real crime is big pharma doing a "shake down"
"Prohibition...goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to
control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things
that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very
principles upon which our government was founded."
-- Abraham Lincoln
December, 1840
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