Medical Marijuana

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This is Robert Scirocco bringing you today's Law Bit.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that Congress, under federal law, can prohibit the medical use of marijuana even if such use is recognized by competent physicians as offering significant health benefits of the seriously ill. States such as California, that have laws on their books allowing for such use, according to this Court ruling are no longer valid and will have to comply with this nationwide ban that was issued under federal law by Congress. Critics of this ruling argue that issues such as the medical use of marijuana are better left to the individual states and not the federal government.

This is Robert Scirocco, Attorney at Law, Budd Lake, New Jersey, bringing you today's Law Bit.

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