Amendment would bar medical-pot raids

Amendment would bar medical-pot raids:

"Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) plans to introduce an amendment next week that would prevent the federal government from going after medical marijuana users, a law-enforcement action the Supreme Court yesterday ruled is constitutional.

The court did not strike down state laws allowing medical marijuana use, nor did it require a federal crackdown. Rather, the court ruled that the federal government has the authority to prosecute people with a prescription for pot in states where the practice is legal.

The House is expected to take up science-state-justice-commerce appropriation legislation next week, and Hinchey plans to offer an amendment to bar the Justice Department from spending money to arrest and prosecute medical marijuana users."