On Tuesday, May 4, Democrat Sen. Daylin Leach held a press conference to mark the introduction of Senate Bill 1350, The Compassionate Use Act, which seeks to make Pennsylvania the fifteenth state to legalize the physician-supervised use of marijuana. SB 1350 has been assigned to the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee.
The bill is a companion bill to House Bill 1393, which awaits action by the House Health and Human Services Committee. (Read NORML’s testimony before the Committee here.)
The measures would allow state-authorized patients to possess and cultivate cannabis for therapeutic purposes. The measures also seek to allow for the state-licensed distribution and sale of medical marijuana by authorized ‘compassion centers.’ Nearly 60 percent of Pennsylvanians support the measure according to a December 2009 Quinnipiac University poll.
Please contact your state representative and senator and urge them to support HB 1393/SB 1350. For your convenience, a pre-written letter will be e-mailed to your state elected officials when you enter your contact information below.
Thank you for supporting NORML’s marijuana law reform efforts in Pennsylvania. For more information, or to become involved in this campaign, please contact Philly NORML or Pennsylvanians for Medical Marijuana.
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BREAKING NEWS: Senate Companion Bill To Legalize Medical Marijuana Introduced In Pennsylvania
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Please keep me informed about the bills HB1393/SB1350
please make it legal
I would like a letter to go to the congressman to support legalization of marijuana.
Do not throw a party ! The House of Reps. has had a bill like this its called H.B. 1393 and its been around now for about 8 to 9 months with no movement at all. It is sitting in the Health and Human Services and from an 8 page letter I received from my State Rep. Matt Baker its not going anywhere. If you look under how a bill is made in the state of Pennsylvania you will see that this bill has not even been close to being Law . I have tried to be active in this matter do to my debilitating condition but after the letter and the hard work with no happy ending in site I stopped. And changed my views heck throw me in jail at least i get 3 free meals and a roof over my head and dont have to pay for it.
The govt. should wake up! its spending more money fighting this so called war on cannabis than it would save if it passed H.B.1393 and S.B.1350 and collected taxes on medical cannabis. In the same token The medical community would not hand over all the cash for the election funds so who owns who?
i’m am that much smarter after reading this article. thank you! Go legalization!
I was astonished when I saw this news. My state is finally coming around to the truth. I read the bill in its current form, and it allows for up to 6 plants and 1 ounce of usable marijuana (complete crap…but it’s a step in the right direction), as well as one caregiver who can only have one person that they care for. Another great thing was the clause defining a “debilitating medical condition.” Unlike our neighbor, New Jersey, it looks as though our bill will allow doctors to use their discretion in what cannabis use can help for their patients. I seriously hope this is true to how I am interpreting it.
The excerpt (number 3 is the key wording):
“Debilitating medical condition.” This term includes any of the following:
(1) cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome or the treatment of these conditions;
(2) a chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following: cachexia or wasting syndrome; severe or chronic pain; severe nausea; seizures, including, but not limited to, those characteristic of epilepsy; severe and persistent muscle spasms, including, but not limited to, those characteristic of multiple sclerosis or Crohn’s disease; or
(3) any other weakening medical condition or its treatment that is recognized by licensed medical authorities as being treatable with marijuana in a manner that is superior to treatment without marijuana.