Pubdate: Tue, 27 Dec 2016
Source: Associated Press (Wire)
Copyright: 2016 Associated Press
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LAWSUIT FILED BY KANSAS MOM OVER MEDICAL POT USE DISMISSED

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a
western Kansas woman against the state and several agencies after her son
was removed from her home in 2015 when he told school officials she used
marijuana.

Shona Banda, of Garden City, alleged in the lawsuit filed in March that
the defendants denied her civil rights by refusing to allow her to use
medical marijuana to treat her Crohn's disease, interfered with her
parenting and questioned her son without her permission. Medical marijuana
is not legal in Kansas.

U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten dismissed the lawsuit Tuesday,
agreeing with the defendants' contention that Banda had no right to use
marijuana and the agencies had some immunity.

Banda says she intends to pursue the case after she recovers from a recent
surgery.
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