JUDGE ENJOINS CLUBS FROM DISPENSING POT

After rejecting the latest legal arguments by Northern California medical
marijuana clubs, a federal judge has issued a permanent injunction
prohibiting three clubs from distributing the drug.

In an order made public Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of
San Francisco granted the Justice Department's request for an order against
the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, the Marin Alliance for Medical
Marijuana in Fairfax and a dispensary in Ukiah.

The U.S. Supreme Court last year rejected the Oakland cooperative's claim
that federal law allowed distribution to patients with a proven medical
necessity.