Marijuana users denied high court hearing

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Two weeks after the California Supreme Court ruled that cities could bar medical marijuana dispensaries, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a separate case Monday brought by disabled Californians who claimed the local bans violated federal disability law.

The four plaintiffs, all from Orange County, said conventional treatments have failed to relieve their pain. They argued that cutting off their local supply of doctor-approved marijuana denies their right to equal treatment under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

A favorable ruling might have affected dispensary bans in about 200 California cities and shielded the severely disabled from enforcement of federal laws that forbid any use of marijuana. But a federal appeals court dismissed the disability claims last year, and on Monday the Supreme Court denied a hearing in the case.