The court denied in favor of the respondents using Section 11362.5, also know as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, concerning that seriously ill residents have the right to have marijuana for medical purposes that has been recommended by a physician. The respondents, Angel Raich and Diane Monson were given direction by their physician to continue using marijuana as a form of relief, but were not given marijuana by the physician and grew it in their own home. Even though the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 says that residents are given permission to use marijuana, Congress is able to prohibit the local cultivation of it because it can affect the price and marketing conditions. In this case, Congress denied Monson and Raich to keep their marijuana
