SCOTUS refuses to hear medical marijuana challenges by San Diego and San Bernadino counties.

Thank Gawd for small miracles! From FindLaw:

The Supreme Court won’t hear another challenge to California’s decade-old law permitting marijuana use for medical purposes.

The high court on Monday refused to hear appeals from San Diego and San Bernardino counties, which say the justices have never directly ruled on whether California’s law trumps the federal controlled substances laws.

San Diego supervisors had sued to overturn the state law after it was approved by voters in 1996, but lower courts have ruled against them.

San Diego and San Bernardino counties argued that issuing identification cards to eligible users, as required by the 1996 state law, would violate federal law, which does not recognize the state measure.

A federal appeals court ruled that ID card laws “do not pose a significant impediment” to the federal Controlled Substances Act because that law is designed to “combat recreational drug use, not to regulate a state’s medical practices.”

The cases are County of San Bernardino v. California, 08-897 and County of San Diego v. San Diego NORML, 08-887.

In spite of what many people think..San Diego county is pretty friggin red..and they have been fighting this for over a decade..to me it seems like for-friggin-evah!

Related posts:

1. Federal Judge rules Prop 8 case can proceed From Jurist: A federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss...
2. SCOTUS rules on California prison overcrowding It has been a long time coming, but there is...
3. What does the Drug War Mean? Ask the Drug Czar! “Drug Czar” Gil Kerlikowske said it himself this spring...
4. Iowa Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban! I shit you not m’dear reader….an Iowa court ruled that...
5. From our Dept of WTF? SCOTUS has ruled that corporations now have civil rights. I...