11.   No doubt some of the people pushing for medicinal marijuana regard such approval as a wedge to remove the drug from the list of proscribed substances.

12.   Supporters of medicinal marijuana say it can stimulate the appetites of people suffering from the AIDS-related wasting syndrome and ease nausea in cancer patients.

13.   Supporters of medicinal marijuana use hailed the decision, saying many patients would benefit.

14.   The case questions whether medicinal marijuana use is a possible exemption to the Controlled Substances Act.

15.   The most successful has been medicinal marijuana, which has been endorsed by the District of Columbia and seven states.

16.   The Supreme Court ruling is the latest in a protracted legal battle that has pitted the wishes of California voters and advocates of medicinal marijuana against federal drug laws.

17.   The suit seeks to extend the principle of equal protection to people who might benefit from the use of medicinal marijuana.

18.   U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency administrator Thomas Constantine told senators the recent successful efforts to legalize medicinal marijuana were aimed more at legalized drug use than medicine.

19.   Other informal organizations scattered around the state also continue to supply medicinal marijuana.

20.   Parliament is expected to vote in the next few months on the proposal to put medicinal marijuana on the national health care plan.