From the Washington Post:

U.S. affirms its prohibition on medical marijuana

By Lenny Bernstein August 11 at 11:00 AM

Marijuana plants growing at a Minnesota Medical Solutions greenhouse in Otsego, Minn., last year. The crop is part of the state’s medical marijuana supply. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune/AP)
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The government refused again Thursday to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes, reaffirming its conclusion that the drug’s therapeutic value has not been proved scientifically and defying a growing clamor to legalize it for the treatment of a variety of conditions.

In an announcement in the Federal Register and a letter to petitioners…

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