91.   A ruling against the club would mean the government could prosecute distributors aggressively in federal court, regardless of whether states have approved medical marijuana use.

92.   Advocates for the use of medical marijuana, however, criticized the patch concept as another in a long line of less-effective alternatives to smoking the drug.

93.   Advocates of medical marijuana use say it helps people suffering from ailments like glaucoma, nausea from chemotherapy and appetite loss from AIDS.

94.   Besides Nevada, voters in Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Oregon and Washington have approved ballot initiatives allowing medical marijuana.

95.   But he declined to say whether the case indicated that the Bush administration would crack down on medical marijuana use.

96.   But some of the patients and medical marijuana advocacy groups say the Mississippi-grown weed is weak.

97.   By contrast, the U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld a federal ban on medical marijuana.

98.   California physicians who recommend medical marijuana to nauseated, emaciated cancer patients should not have to fear that federal agents will bust down their doors.

99.   California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is backing an Oakland cannabis distribution club in its fight with the federal government over medical marijuana.

100.   Eight other states have authorized the use of medical marijuana.