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Constitutional Law

Aug. 5, 2000

ACLU Asks to Expand Doctors' Pot Protection

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge appeared sympathetic Thursday to a request that he expand existing protection against federal sanctions of doctors who recommend the medicinal use of marijuana to their patients.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge appeared sympathetic Thursday to a request that he expand existing protection against federal sanctions of doctors who recommend the medicinal use of marijuana to their patients.
        "My problem with your position is that you assume patients are going to act illegally,"...

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