The US Supreme Court has in its infinite wisdom decided that people who use marijuana for medical purposes with a doctor's prescription in the 11 states where it is legal can be prosecuted in a federal court for it.
The Supreme Court is of course not responsible for all the anti-medical-marijuana idiotism - the Controlled Substances Act is, since it bans marijuana use for medical purposes. God knows what will happen if those pesky cancer and AIDS patients start using marijuana. Next thing you see they will go on to stronger substances to control their pain, maybe even morphine...
The Supreme Court has only decided that the federal government has the jurisdiction in this case, since this is an activity that has a substantial effect on interstate commerce. I don't quite understand how growing pot in your backyard has an effect on interstate commerce, but maybe that's because they are Supreme Court justices and I am just a frustrated software engineer with too much time on my hands and no schooling in economics.
In other news, the federal government is preparing a law that would limit the sales of cold medications containing pseudoephedrine in order to prevent people from making meth out of it.
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
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