Phoenix New Times: “Gravely ill and severely disabled? Real sorry about that, but you should still be thrown in jail for using marijuana, says a ruling by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Yesterday’s ruling came in a California case that pitted disabled people against the wishes of city leaders who don’t like medical-marijuana dispensaries. Costa Mesa and Lake Forest took steps to close the pot shops a few years ago, angering patients and activists who believe California law — and the federal ADA — prohibits such actions. Not so, says the Ninth.”
The Orange County Register: “A decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeal has found that two Orange County cities are not violating the Americans With Disabilities Act by closing down medical marijuana shops and preventing handicapped patients from having access. A three-judge panel on Monday upheld the denial of a request filed by four severely disabled medical marijuana users against Costa Mesa and Lake Forest. Their suit charged that the two cities were violating the Americans With Disabilities Act by closing down dispensaries that distributed marijuana.”
Read the opinion in the case of James vs. City of Costa Mesa.
