But there were also relapses. Several months later, Ian Katz died of an overdose at age 20. He started smoking pot when he was 13. Today, Ginger is the head of Courage to Speak, composed of individuals who've lost a loved one to drugs. On Wednesday, she held a picture of Ian in a silent vigil outside the Supreme Court building.
People underestimate marijuana.
You're defeating all of the good anti-drug programs out there. A ruling is expected in June. In their questions, the justices seemed suitably skeptical. Justice Anthony Kennedy disagreed that medical marijuana was a narrow exception to the federal Controlled Substances Act. The huge rewrite is also a deadly prescription.