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2017 SESSION
HB 2135 Medical marijuana; written certification.
Introduced by: Mark H. Levine | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Medical marijuana; written certification. Allows a person to possess marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol pursuant to a valid written certification issued by a physician for the treatment of any medical condition and allows a physician or pharmacist to distribute such substances without being subject to prosecution. Under current law, a person has an affirmative defense to prosecution for possession of marijuana if the marijuana is in certain forms and the person has been issued a written certification by a physician that such marijuana is for the purposes of treating or alleviating the person's symptoms of intractable epilepsy. The bill requires that the person issued the written certification register with the Board of Pharmacy which will issue the person an identification card upon registration. The bill also clarifies that the penalties for forging or altering a recommendation for medical marijuana or for making or uttering a false or forged recommendation are the same as the penalties for committing the same acts with regard to prescriptions.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102682D
- 01/11/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 01/30/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/07/17 House: Left in Courts of Justice