61. The club is trying to get both of them recognized as legal suppliers of medical marijuana, a process that has not yet been worked out. 62. The Clinton administration is devising plans to undercut laws legalizing assisted suicide in Oregon and medical marijuana in California. 63. The DEA also threatened to revoke the medical licenses of physicians who recommended medical marijuana to patients. 64. The doctors sought a clear demarcation line that says a doctor can recommend medical marijuana to a patient without being in jeopardy of retaliatory action by the DEA. 65. The court is to rule on a challenge by doctors to a federal policy prohibiting them from recommending medical marijuana. 66. The federal government continued to contend that a doctor can discuss medical marijuana, but not recommend it. 67. The Massachusetts law requires patients who want to use the so-called medical marijuana defense to be registered with a state Department of Health research project. 68. The medical marijuana movement was essentially shut down through lawsuits by state and federal officials. 69. The Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, established with the approval of city officials and local police, no longer dispenses medical marijuana. 70. The numbers come from an annual nationwide federal study that honed in on Arizona and California this year because both states have approved so-called medical marijuana initiatives. |