Medical Marijuana? Rhode Island Says Yes
The News Review:
- Medical Marijuana? Rhode Island Says Yes
- Betty Hiatt, known as advocate of medical marijuana
- Supreme Court’s moderates put Rehnquist on losing side
Medical Marijuana? Rhode Island Says Yes
New York Times – Jun 29, 2005
The bill passed the State Senate by a vote of 33 to 1 last evening and will head to the desk of Gov. Carcieri, who is likely to reject it. Supporters of the bill, which passed the House 52 to 10 last week, are confident they have the necessary three-fifths majority to override a veto and make Rhode Island the 11th state to authorize patients to use the drug.
Betty Hiatt, known as advocate of medical marijuana
Seattle Times – Jun 29, 2005
Hiatt, 81, died Saturday (June 25) at her Ballard home after a long struggle with breast cancer, Parkinson’s and Crohn’s diseases. She recently had become locally known as an advocate for medical marijuana. She spoke publicly about smoking it to help combat nausea and weight loss from her diseases and treatments. In an interview a few weeks before she died, Mrs. Hiatt expressed disappointment with a U.
Supreme Court’s moderates put Rehnquist on losing side
San Francisco Chronicle – Jun 29, 2005
Major rulings by the court in the 2004-05 termJuveniles: A 5-4 ruling outlawed executions of murderers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes. Property: A 5-4 ruling allowed local governments to increase their revenue by condemning property to make room for private development. Marijuana: A 6-3 ruling allowed the federal government to prosecute individuals who use medical marijuana in states where it is legal. Commandments: A 5-4 ruling allowed the display of the Ten Commandments on a monument on statehouse grounds, where it was surrounded by other monuments and markers commemorating historical events. Another 5-4 ruling prohibited display of the Ten Commandments on a courthouse wall, unaccompanied by secular documents. File-sharing: A 9-0 ruling allowed the motion picture and music industries to hold file-sharing companies responsible for their customers’ downloading of copyrighted material if those companies had encouraged the illegal downloading. Title IX: A 5-4 ruling strengthened Title IX, the federal law that bans sex discrimination in school sports and other federally funded activities, by allowing a suit by a coach who said he was fired for complaining about unequal treatment of the girls’ team he coached.