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US judge approves distribution of marijuana
Deborah Josefson
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A federal judge in Oakland, California, has approved the distribution of marijuana for medicinal purposes from a "medical marijuana" club. The decision marks the first time a federal judge has overturned a federal injunction against marijuana and may lead to more widespread approval of marijuana for medical purposes.
US district court judge Charles Breyer ruled that the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative could provide marijuana to club members who required it for medicinal purposes and would face "imminent harm" without it.
By allowing the Oakland club to operate, Judge Breyer overturned an injunction he issued in 1998 that shut down that club and five others. The Oakland club was the only one that appealed against his original ruling.
He noted that the ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco
ordered him to consider an exemption for patients who faced imminent
harm and who had no effective legal alternative to marijuana.
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