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Federal Judge Grants ACLU Request to Throw Out Lawsuit Challenging Arizona Medical Marijuana Law

PHOENIX–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2012. A federal judge today granted an American Civil Liberties Union request and threw out a lawsuit filed by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer seeking to strike down the state’s voter-approved medical marijuana law that would allow sick patients to access important medicine.

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Filed in May, Brewer argued in the lawsuit that state officials fear federal prosecution for implementing the law, despite Arizona’s former top federal prosecutor saying publicly the federal government has “no…

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