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 attorney authorized to practice law in Washington
 state: Jeffrey Steinborn of Seattle.
 5_ FAMILIARITY WITH THE ISSUES PRESENTED
 I have drafted legislation and worked with
 the state Department of Public Health concerning
 medicinal marijuana issues in Massachusetts. As
 NO_ML_S Amicus sub-committee co-chairs I am
 familiar with national legal developments in this
 area. I have read the parties _ trial and
 appellate court briefs and reply briefs, and the
 draft briefs of fellow amicus applicantst the
 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU, hereafter)
 and the Drug Policy Foundation (DPF: hereafter) e
 and their Washington state affiliates.
 6_ SPECXFIC XSSUE ADDRESSED BY _ THE AM_CUS BRXEF
 Whether the state law (RCW 69.50.201, 9__
 seq_) forbidding medical prescription of marijuana
 to the terminally-ill; while allowing the lawful
 prescription of far more dangerous drugs
 (including cocaine e PCP [angel dust]_
 methamphetamine, morphine and chemically-
 duplicated THC [the psycho-active chemical in
 marijuana]): Is arbitrary and irrationals and
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