Today's Daily News                >  Wednesday, Jun 22, 2005                 Posted on Tue, Jun. 21, 2005 Dan Gross | Specter favors Rx grass Arlen Specter says he "may introduce legislation" in the Senate in favor of medical marijuana. The U.S. senator, who has long supported the use of human stem cells for disease research, told Your Humble Narrator yesterday that he's in favor of a state's right to decide whether to allow its doctors to prescribe marijuana. Specter himself, who is battling Hodgkin's disease, could be a candidate for medical marijuana use. The Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that federal agents could arrest people who use doctor-prescribed marijuana in states that have authorized it, including California and Oregon. Medical research has proven the drug successful in reducing pain and nausea in people with cancer

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