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2010 SESSION
10101776DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-251.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-251.1. Possession or distribution of marijuana for medical purposes permitted.
A. No person shall be prosecuted under § 18.2-250 or §
18.2-250.1 for the possession of marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol when that
possession occurs pursuant to a valid prescription issued by a medical doctor
in the course of his professional practice for
treatment of cancer or glaucoma.
B. No medical doctor shall be prosecuted under § 18.2-248 or §
18.2-248.1 for dispensing or distributing marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol for
medical purposes when such action occurs in the course of his professional
practice for treatment of cancer or glaucoma.
C. No pharmacist shall be prosecuted under §§ 18.2-248 to
18.2-248.1 for dispensing or distributing marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol to
any person who holds a valid prescription of a medical doctor for such
substance issued in the course of such doctor's professional practice for treatment of cancer or glaucoma.