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To: Mannie who wrote (21967)	7/12/2003 12:20:35 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 89467

He's a cold one, that Bush. Bush escalates marijuana war Supreme Court asked to sanction doctors who recommend pot Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, July 11, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bush administration, pressing its campaign against state medical marijuana laws, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let federal authorities punish California doctors who recommend pot to their patients. The administration would revoke the federal prescription licenses of doctors who tell their patients marijuana would help them, a prerequisite for obtaining the drug under the state's voter-approved medical marijuana law. Justice Department lawyers this week asked the high court to take up the issue in its next term, which begins in October. The department is appealing a ruling by an appellate court in San Francisco that said the proposed penalties would violate the freedom of speech of both doctors and patients.