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SENATE COMMITTEE NARROWLY DEFEATS MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL

A Maryland legislative bill which would have lessened punishment for the medical use of marijuana failed in a Senate committee by one vote last month.  The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voted unfavorably on H.B.  1222, the Darrell Putman Compassionate Use Act, although the statute passed 80-56 in the House.  This is the farthest a medical marijuana bill has come in the Maryland legislature.  Under its terms, a conviction for medical marijuana use would be similar to a parking ticket, and no criminal record would result.  Eight states--Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington--currently have laws that protect medical marijuana patients.