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Medical Marijuana Measure Introduced In Maryland
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Medical Marijuana Measure Introduced In Maryland
Urge Your House Member to Support HB 15!

Legislation that seeks to allow for the physician-supervised use of medical marijuana has been introduced in the Maryland legislature.

House Bill 15 amends state law to "authorize an individual to use marijuana for medical purposes as directed by a physician." The proposed legislation would allow for authorized patients to obtain their marijuana from state-licensed non-profit distribution centers. This effort builds off SB 308, which the legislature passed last year, that allowed patients to use an affirmative defense in cases of marijuana possession and established a Medical Marijuana Model Program Work Group to make recommendations for a proposed program.

While NORML believes that barring patients from home cultivation is unduly restrictive, we also recognize that passage of this legislation will likely protect certain qualified medical marijuana patients from arrest while also seeking to provide these patients with a safe and legal source for their medicine. It is our hope that this measure may be expanded or amended during the legislative process so that it is in even better accordance with patients' needs and practices.

Full text of the measure can be read here.

Sixteen states -- Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington -- in addition to the District of Columbia have enacted laws protecting medical marijuana patients from state prosecution. There is no legitimate reason why Maryland patients should not enjoy these same legal protections.

Please urge your member of the House to support this legislation by visiting NORML's 'Take Action Center' here:

http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=60813461

Sincerely,
The NORML Team

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