ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Let Stand Ruling Allowing Doctors to Discuss Medical Marijuana


For Immediate Release: October 10, 2003

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to announce on Ocotober 14 whether it will review a federal appeals court ruling that allows doctors to recommend medical marijuana to their patients with cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other life-threatening diseases. The ACLU of Northern California along with the ACLU Drug Policy Litigation Project are representing the plaintiffs in Walters v. Conant.