The latest decision of the US Supreme Court doesn't come as a surprise, as it leaves open the possibility for cancer patients or other cannabis users for medicinal purposes to be prosecuted under federal drug laws.

The government seems now cruel hearted but its declared intention is to target all the drug dealers who might speculate a positive decision.

11 American states allow the use of medical marijuana by making little difference between sick people who need the drug to ease their pain and consume it on a strictly controlled regulation, and people growing and selling the drug without any restriction, in order to increase their profit.

California is one of 11 liberal states in the Far West and New England that have passed medicinal-marijuana laws, while Florida, for example, has never given serious consideration to the issue.