According to the BBC, US federal appeals court has ruled that a California woman who uses marijuana to ease a number of ailments can be prosecuted on federal charges.

What a sick state of affairs in more ways than one. Judges are essentially snorting at the idea that a doctor might know better than them about what is and isn't medically valid treatment for a dying woman. When you think how potent prescribed methadone is, or unprescribed solvents, their whole thinking seems fatally flawed.

The woman does have a few options, however. She could go to jail, end up in intensive care.and then have thousands of public dollars spent on keeping her alive with drugs that don't work. Or she could emigrate to a country where cannabis is legal. ¿Hablas español?