I got this announcement from Derek Rosenzweig of Philly Norml last night:
I’m writing to you tonight to give you some excellent news! I have just heard from the sponsor of our bill, PA State Rep. Mark Cohen, that our bill will be introduced this Wednesday, April 29.
This is great news, and it marks a significant milestone in our fight to give patients the right to use medical marijuana. Currently, the following State Reps. have signed on as co-sponsors:
Delaware County
Greg Vitali
Philadelphia County
Vanessa Brown
Mike McGeehan
John Sabatina
Michael O’Brien
We still need more co-sponsors if this bill is to get past the first committee which hears it – either Health and Human Services, or Judiciary.
About the bill
Patients cannot get arrested for possession or personal cultivation
Patients and caregivers will have cards identifying them as such
Doctors can not lose their license for recommending cannabis in a valid doctor-patient relationship
A comprehensive list of ailments for which smoked, vaporized, or orally consumed cannabis or cannabis extract (hashish or hash oil) is found to be beneficial to the patient by either curing or easing symptoms
A procedure for adding ailments and diseases to that list
This is an important bill for folks in Pennsylvania. Please support it through your assemblymen.
Namaste.
April 28th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Awesome news. As a California citizen (and part of a business that has 7 doctor’s offices in CA where people can get medical marijuana recommendations), I urge everyone in Pennsylvania to support this bill!