Legal Commentary

Big Week for States and Marijuana Reform

By Jeralyn

It's been a busy and productive week in state legislatures for marijuana reform. Just yesterday:

• New Hampshire: The Senate voted 14 to 10 yesterday in favor of HB 648, which would allow qualified patients to possess up to two ounces of cannabis and/or six plants for medical purposes.

• Minnesota: Members of the State Senate gave preliminary approval to Senate File 97, an act to exempt qualified medical cannabis patients from state arrest and prosecution.

• Rhode Island: Members of the Rhode Island Senate voted 35 to 2 yesterday in favor of SB 185, an act to allow for the distribution of medical cannabis by state-licensed compassion centers.

• Pennsylvania: Rep. Mark Cohen D-Philadelphia), along with six co-sponsors, introduced legislation to make Pennsylvania the fourteenth state to legalize the physician-supervised use of cannabis.

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The Marijuana Policy Project has more here. Efforts at medical marijuana reform legislation are also underway in Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, and Texas.

You can learn more about them at NORML’s Legislative Action Alerts page or MPP's state legislation page.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 30, 2009 (boomark / email).