Time: Sat Jul 26 09:14:22 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA17208; Sat, 26 Jul 1997 09:14:44 -0700 (MST) by usr06.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA16230; Sat, 26 Jul 1997 09:13:12 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 09:12:38 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: WA. patient loses marijuana plea (fwd) Cc: alive@pacifier.com Marijuana prohibition means money for the government-run drug monopoly. So, when you read "protection of citizens" convert that to read: "keeping the government coffers full" /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com <snip> > >>CANCER PATIENT LOSES COURT PLEA FOR MARIJUANA >> >> OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP), July 24 -- Washington's high court Thursday upheld >>the state's ban on the medical use of marijuana, rejecting a plea from a >>cancer-stricken lawyer who wants to smoke pot to relieve his pain. >> Ralph Seeley, who has a rare form of bone cancer, had argued that his >>constitutional rights were being violated by federal and state laws that >>allow doctors to prescribe cocaine and opium but not marijuana. >> But the state Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the government's authority to >>protect its citizens outweighs a cancer patient's desire to relieve his >>pain. > >Where does the "government's authority to protect its citizens" from medical >marijuana come from? What makes marijuana unique? Coca and opium plants >are used for legal medicines. Why not marijuana plants? > >It seems to me that the legal arguments are saying that marijuana is a >special case. Why? There is no scientific basis for this legal distinction. > >Sincerely, >Arthur Livermore >LIVERMORE CONSULTANTS alive@pacifier.com >P.O. Box 36 http://www.pacifier.com/~alive/ >Arch Cape, OR 97102 USA Copyright (c) 1997 by Arthur Livermore >503-436-1882 All rights reserved > > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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