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Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act
To provide for the medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the various States.
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by House | | Voted on by Senate | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| April 17, 2008 |
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April 29, 2008 Ron Paul Introduces Medical Marijuana Legislation
Paul has introduced the âMedical Marijuana Patient Protection Actâ, HR 5842, which would bar the Federal Government from intervening in doctor/patient ...
April 29, 2008 Ron Paul Introduces New Marijuana
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April 18, 2008 Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act Introduced Yesterday in ...
Specifically, HR 5842 would reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I drug, which cannot be prescribed, to a Schedule II drug, which would recognize the ...
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May 16, 2008 Patient In Washington State Denied A Liver Transplant For ...
Finally, go to NORMLâs online advocacy system and send a prewritten letter to your member of Congress in favor of HR 5842, a bill that would end the federal governmentâs war on patients. References: NORML Blog.
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May 16, 2008 HR 5842: MM Patient Protection Act
A small bi-partisan coalition of members of Congress has introduced HR 5842, the Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act. If passed, this legislation would, among other things, reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I to Schedule II drug ...
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May 15, 2008 Congressman Frank Officially Cosponsors Bill Legalizing Marijuana ...
His first bill, HR 5842 lets doctors prescribe and recommend marijuana to their patients. Congressman Franksâ second bill, HR 5843 eliminates criminal penalties for possession of up to â100 gramsâ of the drug. ...
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Though this bill is about marijuana reform, I find a greater underlying issue in state rights being put to test. Essentially what the bill is asking for is that states that currently allow medicinal marijuana use be allowed to continue it's use and cultivation without federal involvement. In otherwords, in states where it has been legalized for medical use, a person recommended it can indeed posses and use it rather than be in violation of a federal law which states it's still illegal. This is giving power back to the states, and I am all for that.
I think this bill goes back to Farr's trip to Colombia and the following FARC, land issues and drug trafficking. This bill seems to be an excuse for no free trade with Colombia.
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