ILLINOIS

AMA URGED TO ENDORSE MEDICINAL MARIJUANA

One month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the medicinal use of
marijuana, the American Medical Association is being urged to endorse the
illegal drug as last-resort pain relief for seriously ill patients.

At its policy-setting annual meeting starting in Chicago Sunday, the AMA
also is being asked to endorse a moratorium on executions nationwide,
although it rejected a similar proposal last year.