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Subj: SFX: Doctors, feds take pot fight to court From: Richard Lake rlake@mapinc.org Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 15:06:51 -0400 (EDT) File: v97.n020.a05 URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97.n020.a05.html Source: San Francisco Examiner Contact: letters@examiner.com Pubdate: April 11, 1997 Doctors, feds take pot fight to court Emelyn Cruz Lat OF THE EXAMINER STAFF Doctors who prescribe marijuana to treat their patients went to federal court in San Francisco Friday to keep the government from penalizing them for doing what they say they have a constitutional right to do. |
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