Alabama’s medical marijuana bill, known as the Michael Phillips Compassionate Care Act has finally been assigned a number for this legislative session.HB679 has been assigned to the judiciary committee again this year and is currently pending committee action in the house of origin.

House Bill 679 will help to ensure that medical marijuana patients in Alabama will no longer have to fear arrest or prosecution from state law enforcement. As introduced, this act would allow qualified patients under a physician’s supervision to possess up to 12 cannabis plants and/or 2.5 ounces of medical marijuana for therapeutic purposes.  However, this proposal will only receive serious consideration if your elected officials hear an unmistakable message of support from their constituents.

The legislature is in recess next week for spring break so this bill won’t come up until at least week after next.

Currently, twelve states — Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington — have enacted laws protecting medical marijuana patients from state prosecution. Patients in these twelve states enjoy legal protections to use medicinal marijuana under a doctor’s supervision; seriously ill citizens in Alabama deserve this same protection.

Support medical marijauana for this state. Take a few minutes of your time and  contact your state House member and tell him or her to support medical marijuana. Click Here

This entry was posted on Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

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