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Law Practice

Aug. 1, 2008

San Diego Loses Bid to Overturn Marijuana Law

Proponents of medical marijuana use received good news Thursday from the 4th District Court of Appeal, which ruled that federal law does not pre-empt the state's medical marijuana law.

By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 4

      SAN DIEGO - Proponents of medical marijuana use received good news Thursday from the 4th District Court of Appeal, which ruled that federal law does not pre-empt the state's medical marijuana law.
      In 2003, the state Legislature passed the Medical Marijuana Program Act, exempting counties from state ...

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