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Newshawk: Herb
Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/25qpPLRm
Pubdate: Wed, 23 Mar 2011
Source: Olympian, The (WA)
Copyright: 2011 The Olympian
Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/51PidAHv
Website: http://www.theolympian.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/319
Referenced: Senate Bill 5073
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5073-S2.E.pdf
Bookmark: http://www.drugsense.org/cms/geoview/n-us-wa (Washington)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana - Medicinal)
BILL GOES A LONG WAY TOWARD CLARIFYING MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW
Washington voters approved the medicinal use of marijuana through an
initiative in 1998. But ever since then, users and growers have been
caught in a legal limbo - caught between the voter-approved
initiative and federal drug laws that make no exception for the
medicinal use of cannabis.
Much more clarity is needed in Washington law and that's precisely
what Senate Bill 5073 does.
The bill licenses growers of marijuana and the people who process and
dispense the drug for medicinal use. It outlines the process for
acquiring cannabis for medicinal use and requires those in the
business of growing and dispensing marijuana be licensed. The state
Department of Health would be required to keep a registry where
health care professionals could register qualifying patients.
[Remainder snipped]
MAP posted-by: Richard Lake
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