At law: Irrational basis: The legal status of medical marijuana

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 7-8

  Dresser, Rebecca ^a  

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Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

COURT; CRIMINAL LAW; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CRIME; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; RECREATION;

CALIFORNIA; CANNABIS; CRIME; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; RECREATION; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70649089470     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.0.0207     Document Type: Short Survey

References (11)

1. D. Barrett, "Obama Administration Shifts Marijuana Policy," CNSNews, March 19, 2009, http://www.cnsnews.com/public/Content/Article.aspx? rsrcid=45277&print= on.
2. Compassionate Use Act, Calif. Health and Safety Code, sec. 11362.5 (West 2007).
3. Medical Marijuana Program Act, Calif. Health and Safety Code, secs. 11362.7-11362.9 (West 2007).
4. County of San Diego v. San Diego NORML, 81 Calif. Rptr. 3d 461 (Calif. Ct. App. 2008).
5. P. J. Cohen, "Medical Marijuana: The Conflict Between Scientific Evidence and Political Ideology," Utah Law Review (2009) : 35-104.
6. Food and Drug Administration, "Inter-Agency Advisory Regarding Claims That Smoked Marijuana Is a Medicine," April 20, 2006, http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006?NEW01362.html.
7. D. Samuels, "Dr. Kush: How Medical Marijuana Is Transforming the Pot Industry," New Yorker, July 28, 2008.
8. M. Wohlsen and L. Leff," 'Medical' Marijuana Becomes a Major Economic Force in California," CNSNews, July 20, 2009, http://www.cnsnews. com/public/Content/Article.aspx?rsrcid=51263&print=on.
9. California Department of Justice, August 25, 2008, http://ag.ca.gov/ newsalerts/release.php?id=1601.
10. See J. McKinley, "Marijuana Hotbed Retreats on Medicinal Use," New York Times, June 9, 2008.
11. See G. Harris, "F. D. A. to Place New Limits on Prescriptions of Narcotics," New York Times, February 10, 2009.