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KUROMIYA v. U.S.

No. CIV. A. 98-3439.

37 F.Supp.2d 717 (1999)

Kiyoshi KUROMIYA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

March 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Elliott Hirsch, Hirsch and Caplan Public Interest Law Firm, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiffs.

Arthur R. Goldberg, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Gail F. Levine, Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, DC, Karyn A. Temple, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Daniel Dormont, Office of Chief Counsel Drug Enforcement Admin., Washington, DC, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KATZ, Senior District Judge.

The law does not permit the use of marijuana to treat a variety of ailments ranging from glaucoma to AIDS from which the plaintiffs claim they suffer and for which marijuana relieves symptoms. Yet, according to the complaint and the representations of the government's attorney at a hearing, see Tr. of Hr'g on Mot. to Dismiss at 7-8, the government...

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