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remained stable; LSD use has remained constant for
20 years, while marijuana use has fluctuated
significantly.
The ACLU observes at 16-17 in its brief, that
a terminally ill patient can order the removal of
life-supports or engage in physician-assisted
suicide: Curzan v. Dir°_ MR. Dept. of Health, 497
uos. 261 (1990); Q_Q_passioni__yinq v.
Washington, 79 F.3d 790 (9 Cir. 1996, en bane);
Quill v. Vacco, 80 Fo3d 716 (2 Ciro 1996). Thuss
what rational_basis does the State have for
denying that same dying patient the ability to
improve his quality of life (instead of ending
it), by banning his access to the undisputed pain-
relieving effects of marijuana?
4_ There is no nation_wide uniformity
in drug scheduling, to rationally
support the withholding of
effective medicine from a
terminally-ill patient
If every other jurisdiction in the country
decided, in the name of demagoguery or other
similar policy, that some rationale existed for
denying a form of effective medical relief to the
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