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RULING LETS PHYSICIANS, PATIENTS DISCUSS POT JUSTICES' OK MAY EASE MARIJUANA CONCERNS.(City Desk/Local)

Byline: Bill Scanlon

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tuesday means doctors now can talk to their patients about using medical marijuana without fear of being charged with a crime, a Denver attorney says.

``It sends the message to doctors that they don't have to worry about local prosecutors coming after them for having discussions with their patients or making a recommendation'' to try medical marijuana, said Warren Edson, who represents 20 people who use the drug as medicine.

Tuesday's decision lets stand a federal appeals court ruling that protects doctors from criminal liability for recommending marijuana.

It is a rejection of federal ...

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