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    Compassionate use laws in Delaware

    The public's valid interest in the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes should turn on two questions.

    Could this restricted use be a gateway to addictions of other legally prohibited substances? How necessary is scientific verification of the relief that severely sick patients claim?

    With medical marijuana laws gaining ground at the state level, Delaware lawmakers have a responsibility to find the answers.

    Of the 14 states with such laws, five approved them through their legislatures. Neighboring New Jersey became the most recent state to see both the wisdom and compassion of the law. There is no reason why Delaware should not become the 15th state to do so.

    Senate Bill 94 sponsored by Sen. Margaret Rose Henry passed the Senate Health and Social Services in June and awaits a Senate floor vote this session.

    Chronically sick residents -- not the ubiquitous potheads opponents fear -- would have access to up to 6 ounces of marijuana, considered a month's supply, from state-licensed centers.

    Some doctors say other medicines help relieve the same symptoms that marijuana is celebrated for reducing. That argument dismisses the reality of patient individuality, a driving factor in the growing body of anecdotal evidence to the contrary.

    It also ignores centuries of formal medicine's co-existence with alternative treatments.

    Decriminalizing doctor-prescribed marijuana is framed with equally weak logic. Federal and local enforcement officials invoke scenarios of doped-up weed smokers wreaking havoc on their criminal budgets.

    "We generally do not fund research focused on the potential beneficial medical effects of marijuana," a National Institute on Drug Abuse spokeswoman said recently.

    This lopsided focus on the unsubstantiated potential harm from the controlled use of an illegal substance is inexcusable in the 21st century.

    Delaware should join the other states in correcting this merciless approach.

    Let chronically ill use pot for mercy's sake | delawareonline.com | The News Journal
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    #12
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    Compassionate use laws in Delaware

    On Tuesday, May 18th, Senator Margaret Rose Henry of Wilmington joined Noah Mamber, a representative from a Washington D.C. based lobbyist group called the Marijuana Policy Project, at Widener Lawâ??s Delaware campus to discuss a bill she sponsored to amend Title 16 of the Delaware Code to create the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act.

    Senate Bill #94, currently pending before the 145th General Assembly of Delaware, is based on the Marijuana Policy Projectâ??s model medical marijuana legislation. Leslie Verucci, Chair of the Advanced Practice Council of the Delaware Nurses Association, introduced Senator Henry and Mr. Mamber. She also thanked Widener Law Associate Professor Thaddeus M. Pope for his help in arranging the event.

    After Senator Henry spoke briefly about the Senate Bill she sponsored, Mr. Mamber spoke about the different types and effects of marijuana and the different ways in which it can be used, which include smoking, vaporizing, baking it into edibles, creating a tincture, topical preparations, or via a pill. Marinol, the pill form of marijuana consists only of the THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, portion of the cannabis plant. Marinol is the only form of marijuana currently recognized for medicinal uses by the federal government. In 1999, Marinol was moved from a Schedule II to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, indicating that it is not considered to carry the same risk for abuse as drugs in Schedule II.


    The proposed Delaware bill has a 6 ounces possession limit for those licensed to use medical marijuana, and those with prescriptions would be permitted to obtain more than 3 ounces every 14 days. The proposed law would not permit use by anyone less than 21 years of age, and insurance companies would not be mandated to cover the costs associated with medical marijuana use. Prohibitions against driving under the influence of or public use of marijuana would remain, and while the bill would not require employers to allow impaired patients at work or to permit possession of marijuana in the work place.

    The bill remains pending before the legislature with further opposition likely.

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    #13
    Senior Member

    Compassionate use laws in Delaware

    Quote Originally Posted by TESTAWH
    On Tuesday, May 18th, Senator Margaret Rose Henry of Wilmington joined Noah Mamber, a representative from a Washington D.C. based lobbyist group called the Marijuana Policy Project, at Widener Lawâ??s Delaware campus to discuss a bill she sponsored to amend Title 16 of the Delaware Code to create the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act.

    Senate Bill #94, currently pending before the 145th General Assembly of Delaware, is based on the Marijuana Policy Projectâ??s model medical marijuana legislation. Leslie Verucci, Chair of the Advanced Practice Council of the Delaware Nurses Association, introduced Senator Henry and Mr. Mamber. She also thanked Widener Law Associate Professor Thaddeus M. Pope for his help in arranging the event.

    After Senator Henry spoke briefly about the Senate Bill she sponsored, Mr. Mamber spoke about the different types and effects of marijuana and the different ways in which it can be used, which include smoking, vaporizing, baking it into edibles, creating a tincture, topical preparations, or via a pill. Marinol, the pill form of marijuana consists only of the THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, portion of the cannabis plant. Marinol is the only form of marijuana currently recognized for medicinal uses by the federal government. In 1999, Marinol was moved from a Schedule II to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, indicating that it is not considered to carry the same risk for abuse as drugs in Schedule II.


    The proposed Delaware bill has a 6 ounces possession limit for those licensed to use medical marijuana, and those with prescriptions would be permitted to obtain more than 3 ounces every 14 days. The proposed law would not permit use by anyone less than 21 years of age, and insurance companies would not be mandated to cover the costs associated with medical marijuana use. Prohibitions against driving under the influence of or public use of marijuana would remain, and while the bill would not require employers to allow impaired patients at work or to permit possession of marijuana in the work place.

    The bill remains pending before the legislature with further opposition likely.

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    This bill has been sitting in the house for quite some time now, but there has been little or no action brought forth.
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    #14
    Junior Member

    Compassionate use laws in Delaware

    Referred to Senate Health & Social Services Committee on May 13, 2009; Reported out of committee on June 3, 2009; Introduced to the Senate with amendments (June 23, 2009)

    "The Bill creates an exception to a state's criminal laws to permit the doctor-advised medical use of marijuana by patients with serious medical conditions...
    Patients would be allowed to possess up to 6 ounces and to cultivate up to 12 plants for their medical use...
    The Bill would also provide a medical necessity affirmative defense that patients who needed more marijuana than was provided for by rule or who did not possess their ID cards can raise in court."

    More information at this link
    http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/s...les/DESB94.pdf

    What do you think?

    :jointsmile:

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