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Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill 18-3
Posted by CN Staff on March 31, 2011 at 16:14:44 PT
By Chad Livengood
Source: Delaware Online
Dover, DE -- The Delaware Senate voted 18-3 today to legalize marijuana for limited medical purposes.The legislation decriminalizes parts of the state’s drug laws and allows individuals with debilitating diseases to get permission from their doctor to purchase marijuana from a state-licensed dispensary.
Fifteen other states and the District of Columbia have already legalized marijuana possession and use for medicinal purposes. Pennsylvania and Maryland lawmakers are currently considering similar legislation.Under Senate Bill 17, individuals with qualifying illnesses would be issued an identification card and be limited to purchasing up to six ounces of marijuana each month. Marijuana could only be purchased from a dispensary and home cultivation would be prohibited.During two hours of debate, the Senate added an amendment sponsored by Sen. Robert Marshall that would let individuals 18 years or older obtain medical marijuana. Marshall had sought to allow children to get access to medical marijuana with permission from their parents, but that amendment was withdrawn due to lack of support.Sen. Margaret Rose Henry, the bill sponsor, had another amendment added that would protect doctors who refuse to recommend marijuana use from being sued by their patients.“This is really out of compassion for people who have been suffering unnecessarily,” said Henry, D-Wilmington East.Republican Sens. Colin Bonini, Joseph Booth and Dave Lawson were the three senators who voted against the legislation.The bill now heads to the House, where’s its future is uncertain.Source: Delaware Online (DE)Author: Chad LivengoodPublished: March 31, 2011Copyright: 2011 www.delawareonline.comWebsite: http://www.delawareonline.com/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/VPBDLQLQContact: http://drugsense.org/url/1c6Xgdq3CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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Comment #2 posted by Storm Crow on April 01, 2011 at 12:36:27 PT
Why, Sam! 
Everyone knows that children NEVER get sick! They NEVER have cancer, or Crohn's or other serious diseases! And I guess that they aren't even really "people" yet- “This is really out of compassion for people who have been suffering unnecessarily”. Or is it that children must necessarily suffer in pain?The progress for adults is GREAT, but when will they think of the children? Denying our most helpless patients, our children, access to the most harmless, effective medicine, cannabis, in favor of addictive, potentially dangerous pharmaceutical drugs, is "Reefer Madness" at its worst! (I better go have a puff- "Reefer Madness", even if combined with good progress for some (over 18) people, still gives me a headache and makes me sarcastic and ill-tempered!)
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Comment #1 posted by Sam Adams on March 31, 2011 at 16:35:45 PT
Hands off!
"During two hours of debate, the Senate added an amendment sponsored by Sen. Robert Marshall that would let individuals 18 years or older obtain medical marijuana. Marshall had sought to allow children to get access to medical marijuana with permission from their parents, but that amendment was withdrawn due to lack of support."Them kiddies are Big Pharma territory! They've got a monopoly on drugged youth and they're willing to pay to keep it.
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