News (Media Awareness Project) - US CA: Farr Seeks To Protect Medicinal Marijuana Use |
Title: | US CA: Farr Seeks To Protect Medicinal Marijuana Use |
Published On: | 2003-04-10 |
Source: | San Jose Mercury News (CA) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-20 20:20:20 |
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.
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.
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