US Supreme Court says medical marijuana use must remain illegal

The US Supreme Court has handed medical marijuana users a major defeat.

US Supreme Court says medical marijuana use must remain illegal
Mon, 14 May, 2001 - 18:31

The US Supreme Court has handed medical marijuana users a major defeat.

The court has ruled that a US law classifying the drug as illegal has no exception for ill patients.

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