European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 stars and stripes saturday March 172qq7 court dying woman cant use marijuana the associated press san Francisco a California woman whose doctor says marijuana is the Only Medicine keeping her alive can face Federal prosecution on drug charges a fed eral appeals court ruled the ruling wednesday was the latest Legal defeat for Angel Raich a Mother of two from Oakland suffering from scoliosis a brain tumor chronic nausea and other ail ments who sued the Federal government preemptively to avoid being arrested for Craig list crack offer lands Man in jail the advertisement on Craig list new York said the Man would Supply cocaine to any female who responded a female officer from the Nas Sau county police department narcotics squad responded to the and and arranged to meet the Man Nassau police said when Joshua w Oneil 32 of Albany by met the officer tuesday night in Gar Den City by he offered her crack cocaine in Exchange for sex Ual favors the Only favor Oneil received police said was being placed under arrest Oneil was charged with third degree criminal Sale of a controlled substance and Crimi Nal Possession of a controlled sub stance with intent to sell assistant principal held in Keg party Laurens scan assistant High school principal and his wife a Middle school teacher Are accused of holding a Keg party where students paid to drink a prosecutor said wednesday John and Mary Clark turned themselves in to police and were charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor said prosecutor Jerry peace one of the students who attended the party last year at the Cou Ples Lake House told a Parent who went to authorities peace said a personal recognizance Bond of each was issued for the Clarks who were still at the jail late wednesday afternoon await ing booking Chiquita to pay Fine for terrorists Deal Washington banana company Chiquita brands inter National said wednesday it has agreed to a million Fine after admitting it paid terrorists for Protection in a volatile farming re Gion of Colombia the settlement resolves a lengthy Justice department investigation into the company Finan Cial dealings with righting paramilitaries and leftist rebels the us government deems terrorist groups in court documents filed wednesday Federal prosecutors said the Cincinnat based company and several unnamed High ranking corporate officers paid about million Between 1997 and 2004 to the United Sel defense forces of Colombia known As aug for its Spanish initials for Protection of its workers from wire reports using the drug on her doctors advice Raich eats or smokes marijuana every Cou ple of hours to ease her pain and bolster her appetite the latest Legal twist once again High lighted the conflict Between the Federal government which declares marijuana an illegal controlled substance with no medi Cal value and the 11 us states allowing medical marijuana for patients with a Doc tors recommendation the supreme court ruled against Raich two years ago saying medical marijuana users and their suppliers could be prosecuted for breaching Federal drug Laws even if they lived in a state such As California where medical pot is Legal because of that ruling the Issue before the 9th us circuit court of appeals was narrowed to the so called right to life theory that the gravely ill have a right to marijuana to keep them alive when Legal drugs fail Raich 41 began sobbing when she was told of the decision that she was not immune to prosecution and said she would continue using the drug in sure not going to let them kill me she said of my god the three judge appeals panel said that the United states has not yet reached the Point where the right to use medical Mari Juana is fundamental and implicit in the concept of ordered Liberty however the court left open the possibility that Raich if she was arrested and prosecuted might be Able to argue that she possessed marijuana As a last resort to stay alive in what is known As a medical Neces sity defense o 72 month v pen Fedora 1 8002475626 or Call 5103767328 from any on base class a Dan line rate and offer current As of March 12007 and Are subject to chanae Nacua