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13-YEAR-OLD TO FIGHT FOR HER SCIENCE FAIR STUDY By Renee Koury, Mercury News Controversy over medicinal marijuana has reached the eighth grade in Belmont, where a middle school principal has refused to let a student display her project on the possible medical benefits of pot. Ralston Intermediate School Principal Deborah Ferguson told 13-year-old Veronica Mouser last week she was barring her project - called 'Mary Jane for Pain' - from the school science fair. Projects are supposed to be hands-on, the school says, and marijuana is still considered an illegal drug by the federal government. Veronica burst into sobs and called her stepfather from the nearest phone. Now the emboldened teen, who loves debating and wants to be a lawyer, is ready to put up a battle. The ACLU has already called, and the county's science fair coordinator says he plans to rewrite the rules to make it clear projects involving drugs are out. Veronica didn't smoke marijuana herself or give it to her research subjects. Instead, she studied the effects the weed had on three medicinal marijuana patients, visited an Oakland cannabis club, toured a private pot-growing room in Redwood Shores and interviewed doctors. She didn't attach any samples on her cardboard display, and her parents supervised her at every step. She concluded that medicinal marijuana helped relieve pain and nausea in chronically ill patients...
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