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not help the patient obtain the drug. They can only give written or oral recommendations on marijuana to patients with cancer, HIV and other serious illnesses. A State law to provide is still needed.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAZTQ44SLD.html

Supreme Court Rejects Bush Administration Appeal Over Medical Marijuana By Gina Holland Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for state laws allowing ill patients to smoke marijuana if a doctor recommends it. Justices turned down the Bush administration's request to consider whether the federal government can punish doctors for recommending or perhaps just talking about the benefits of the drug to sick patients. An appeals court said the government cannot.

Nine states have laws legalizing marijuana for people with physician recommendations or prescriptions: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. And 35 states have passed legislation recognizing marijuana's medicinal value.

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