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DESCRIPTION:In 1996 California voters passed Proposition 215, allowing physicians to 
 recommend marijuana for medical purposes. Last October the 9th U.S. Circuit 
 Court of Appeals ruled that doctors have a constitutional right to discuss 
 marijuana with patients. Refusing to accept the will of the electorate, the 
 federal government is fighting back. In January, prosecutors secured a drug 
 conviction against Ed Rosenthal by suppressing key information at 
 trial—that he had been deputized by the City of Oakland to distribute 
 medical marijuana. Upon learning this, the public was outraged and members 
 of the jury disavowed their verdict. However, instead of a possible 60 
 years, Rosenthal was sentenced to only one day in prison, and a victory was 
 declared for medical marijuana. Not to be discouraged, the Department of 
 Justice has since asked the Supreme Court to allow it to punish doctors who 
 recommend marijuana, and the DEA continues to raid and close down clinics. 
 \n\nWill the federal government stop the use of medical marijuana? Can the 
 American people stop the federal government? What is the truth about the 
 medicinal benefits and social impact of marijuana, and why does the 
 government continue to oppose any and all drug decriminalization? This 
 Independent Policy Forum assembles several of the foremost experts in 
 medicine, drug policy, and journalism (Ed Rosenthal, Donald I. Abrams, 
 Edwin Dobb, and Robert J. MacCoun) to discuss the past, present, and future 
 of medical marijuana and the “war on drugs.”\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/24503.php
SUMMARY:“The Truth about Medical Marijuana”
LOCATION:Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street at O’Farrell, San Francisco\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/24503.php
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