Apples for Health- Group wants end to false info about pot

Group wants end to false info about pot

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15 (UPI) -- A group backing medical use of marijuana is asking a federal appeals court in California to order the U.S. government to stop spreading false information.

Americans for Safe Access Executive Director Steph Sherer said, "It's time for the federal government to acknowledge the efficacy of medical marijuana and stop holding science hostage to politics," the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.

Sherer's group is suing the federal government under a law that prohibits the spreading of false information.

At a hearing Tuesday, Justice Department attorney Alisa Klein told the appeals panel that the government can't be forced to defend the accuracy of "countless pieces of information" in its massive archives.

Americans for Safe Access argued that the government needs to update its assessment to conform with the reality of marijuana's broadening legal use as a pain reliever.