JUDGE RULES AGAINST CANNABIS DISTRIBUTOR

A federal judge ruled Friday that a California medical marijuana
distributor has no constitutional right to dole out cannabis to the
sick.

The decision was another blow to the Oakland Cannabis Buyers'
Cooperative. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that the group had
no right to sell marijuana under California's 1996 voter-approved
medical marijuana law, which requires the sick to have a doctor's
recommendation.

The cooperative had sought to reopen the 5-year-old case under new
legal arguments, but U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer rejected
them at the government's urging. At the same time, Breyer declined to
lift an order barring the club from distributing cannabis.