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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
 I® SPECIFIC ISSUE ADDRESSED BY THE AMICUS . • 1
 Ilo STATEMENT OF THE CASE .......... 1
 IIIo ARGUMENT ................. 2
 THE STATE DRUG SCHEDULING LAWNS CLASSIFICATION OF
 MARIJUANA IN SCHEDULE Is FOR THE TERMINALLY-ILLs _!_._
 LACKS ANY RATIONAL BASIS FURTHERING A LEGITIMATE
 STATE INTEREST;
 THUSe IT MUST BE MOVED TO A LOWER APPROPRIATE
 SCHEDULE (ALLOWING ITS PRESCRIPTION TO THE
 TERMINALLY=!LL)_ BECAUSE AS FOUND BY THE TRIAL
 COURT:
 THE SCHEDULE ! PROHIBITION AGAINST MEDICAL USE
 VIOLATES THE STATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (ART. I:
 SEC. 12, EQUAL PROTECTIONs ANDs SEC° 32_
 FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS-SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS) OF
 DYING PATIENTS
 Ao The Challenqed Classification:
 Mar_juana_s Placement in Schedule IL
 Thereby Preventinq its Use by Terminallv
 Iii Patients ............ 3
 B. The State's Proposed Legitimate
 !nterests_ AlleGed to be Rationally
 Furthered by%=Marijuana's Schedule I
 Classification ........... 5
 1. Drug purity and predictability are
 not enhancede by schedule I's ban
 on medical access by terminally-ill
 patients ............ 6
 2. Illicit availability and use by
 juveniles have not been noticeably
 affected by schedule I
 classification ......... 9