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US: Board Votes To Appeal Ruling On Medical Marijuana

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Dec 12, 2006 5:33 pm US/Pacific

Board Votes To Appeal Ruling On Medical Marijuana

(AP) SAN DIEGO The San Diego County Board of Supervisors plans to
appeal a judge's recent ruling against the county's lawsuit
challenging California's decade-old medical marijuana law.

The board voted Tuesday to move ahead with an appeal.

The county sued the state and its health services director in
February over a requirement for counties to issue identification
cards to medical marijuana users and maintain a registry of people
who apply for the cards.

San Bernardino and Merced counties joined the suit. The counties
argued that local governments shouldn't be bound to uphold state laws
that are weaker than the federal blanket ban on marijuana.

A state court judge ruled last week that county officials would not
be breaking federal law by giving out state identification cards.

Marijuana users in California can still be prosecuted under federal drug laws.

Fifty-five percent of California voters approved the law in a 1996 vote.

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