Family Research Council
Amicus Curiae
Janet M. LaRue, Counsel of RecordThe Family Research Council is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to articulate a "family-centered" philosophy of public life. It provides policy research to government officials and informs the public about family issues affecting the Nation. Janet M. LaRue is Senior Director of Legal Studies. She is currently coauthoring a book on protecting children from pornography, and she appears regularly as a commentator on television news programs. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 11, 2001.A medical necessity exemption for marijuana…