Free Republic

SAN FRANCISCO -- A judge on Wednesday ordered the federal government not to raid or prosecute a California group that grows and distributes marijuana for its sick members. The decision by U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel in San Jose was the first interpretation of an appeals court's December ruling that federal prosecutions of medical marijuana users are unconstitutional if the pot isn't sold, transported across state lines or used for non-medicinal purposes. Nine states including Cali fornia and Washington allow medical marijuana use, but the Justice Department contends that federal drug laws take precedence. Fogel ruled that the federal government...