High court strikes down medical use for marijuana. “The Supreme Court handed medical

marijuana users a major defeat Monday, ruling that a federal law

classifying the drug as illegal has no exception for ill patients.

The 8-0 decision was a major disappointment to many sufferers of

AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis and other illnesses. They have

said the drug helped enormously in combating the devastating

effects of their diseases. ” In essence, the Court’s opinion, written by Clarence Thomas, said that medical necessity is determined by how federal law classifies the substance regardless of medical opinion on its benefits. CNN