Follow state law, go directly to jail: medical marijuana makes conservatives forget federalism.(Column)

Reason | November 1, 2008| | Copyright

WHEN OWEN BECK was 17, doctors amputated his right leg to stop the spread of bone cancer. His parents, desperate to find a drug that would relieve their son's excruciating phantom limb pain, brought him to Charlie Lynch's medical marijuana dispensary in Morro Bay, California, carrying a recommendation from a Stanford oncologist. The marijuana not only eased the pain but alleviated the nausea caused by chemotherapy.

Called to testify as a character witness at Lynch's federal marijuana trial in July, Beck did not get far. When he mentioned his cancer, U.S. District ...

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