This conversation took place two years before Prop 215; didn't she feel funny recommending marijuana to a district attorney?

He'd recommended medical marijuana to his patients, he told me, after seeing them become dependent on prescription opiates.

The court is to rule on a challenge by doctors to a federal policy prohibiting them from recommending medical marijuana.

One Harvard study of 2,000 oncologists found that 44 percent had recommended marijuana to patients undergoing chemotherapy.

It held that the government cannot revoke the licenses of doctors who recommend marijuana to their patients.

In states in which it's legal, doctors recommend medical marijuana for many conditions and diseases, frequently those that are chronic.

Washington has also tried to revoke the licenses of doctors who recommend marijuana to their patients.

The ruling stemmed from a suit by California physicians and patients after the federal government had threatened legal action against doctors who recommended medical marijuana.

"Now, they no longer need to fear draconian Federal punishments for recommending marijuana."

In another case, the court let stand an appeals court ruling that allows doctors to recommend marijuana as a treatment.