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2 responses to “Wisconsin Democrats fighting for medical marijuana”

  1. FreeTheWeedInWisco.

    I believe the bill is based on Michigan’s medical marijuana laws so it should say “recommend”. Though this bill has added PTSD as a qualifying condition, and dispensaries as an alternative to growing your own. So it is somewhat different.
    :gopack:

  2. The Bluzguy

    While the efforts of Wisconsin’s lawmakers are applaudible, I’d like to point out a fatal flaw in the legislation.

    The flaw is the use of the word “prescription”.

    I live in Louisiana, a state which has one of the oldest medical cannabis laws in the country. 1978′s H.B.1187 provides qualified physicians can legally prescribe medical marijuana for the treatment of glaucoma and cancer. In 1991, the law was amended to include victims of paralysis.
    Since the bill used the word “prescription”, it is in conflict with federal law. That’s why effective MMJ laws in 14 states had to use the word “recommend”.
    Louisiana created a board to oversee the implementation of the new law, but in 1992 the board was disolved, and the law has remained dormant ever since.
    I would hope someone in Wisconsin notices the oversight and corrects it before making the same sad mistake made in Louisiana.

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