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• The council will review a draft policy in about six weeks.
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Panel kills medical defense for marijuana charge
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota House committee has rejected a measure that would have let people charged with possessing small amounts of marijuana argue in court that they need it for medical reasons.
• The Health and Human Services Committee voted 7-6 to kill the bill.
• The sponsors said they do not want to legalize marijuana or set up a distribution system where people could get it for medical purposes. But they said people suffering or dying from cancer or other diseases should be able to use medical necessity as a defense in court.
• State and local law enforcement officials opposed the bill, saying it could open the door to eventual legalization of marijuana in South Dakota.
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10 Things to Know for Today
• The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. BOY SCOUTS TO LOOK AT GAY BAN
• The group's executive board meets today after signaling it would let troops decide whether to allow gay members
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• '2. SOUTH PACIFIC EARTHQUAKE THREATENS ISLANDS
• The 8.0 quake generated a tsunami that killed at least four people and damaged dozens of homes on the Solomon Islands.
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• 3. CIA NOMINEE TO TAKE TOUGH QUESTIONS ON DRONES, TORTURE
• The AP's Kimberly Dozier reports John Brennan did not raise early objections to waterboarding in meetings about an al-Qaida operative's capture.
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• 4. BOMBS FOUND IN ALABAMA BUNKER
• The FBI found the explosives in a pipe used to communicate with authorities from underground, where Jimmy Lee Dykes held a 5-year-old hostage.
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• 5. MORSI ROLLS OUT WELCOME MAT FOR AHMADINEJAD
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