Last week, a bill was introduced in the state General Assembly to allow patients registered with the state to possess, grow and use the drug for medicinal purposes.

Patients would be protected from being refused employment, volunteer positions, organ transplants and child custody rights.

What the bill wouldn’t do, however, is legalize marijuana for just anyone.

Most patients would have to be suffering from debilitating, chronic or even terminal illnesses that marijuana is scientifically proven to help, and their doctors must recommend it as a necessary treatment option.

via – The Fayetteville Observer “Medical Marijuana Fight to legalize moves forward“

[As more states push for medical marijuana, they take the template of the law from other states and revise and improve the statutes.  The protections for employment stem from cases in Oregon and California where patients have been fired for failing workplace urine screens.  The protections for transplant patients follow the sad cases in Washington State and Oregon of deserving organ transplant candidates using medical marijuana who are kicked off the transplant list for being "drug abusers". -- "R"R]

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