FARR SEEKS TO PROTECT MEDICINAL MARIJUANA USE

In the wake of federal agents' widely publicized raid on a Santa Cruz-area
medicinal marijuana operation in September, Rep. Sam Farr, D-Salinas, is
introducing a bill today to legalize medical need as a valid defense in
federal prosecutions.

Farr's bill applies only to federal trials in states that have passed laws
allowing the distribution and use of marijuana, under a doctor's
prescription, for medical use. A similar bill by Massachusetts Democrat
Barney Frank would simply allow state law to trump federal law.