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Courts bash feds on ‘subverting’ state medical marijuana laws

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(8/20/2008) ACLU Press Release, CONTACT: media@aclu.org SAN JOSE, CA – In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a federal court today held that the U.S. Constitution bars deliberate subversion by the federal government of state medical marijuana laws.




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