2003年10月14日,美国最高法院拒绝复审第九巡回法庭对加州一诉讼案的上诉之裁决,该裁决维持原判,即肯定医生有权向患者推荐医用大麻Cannabis sativa L.。这一消息令一些观察家感到吃惊,因为高一级法院极少拒绝受理政府对下级法院做出的裁决的上诉。1996年,在一位医生的提议下(2 On October 14, 2003, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to review the Ninth Circuit Court’s appeal against a California lawsuit that upheld the original verdict that doctors were entitled to refer patients to Cannabis sativa L. The news surprised some observers, who seldom refused to accept the government’s appeal against the ruling made by the lower courts. In 1996, at the advice of a doctor (2