Title: To provide for the medical use of marijuana.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 3/2/1999)
Cosponsors (13)
Latest Major Action: 3/16/1999 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
SUMMARY AS OF:
3/2/1999 — Introduced.
Medical Use of Marijuana Act - Moves marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act.
Declares that, in a State in which marijuana may be prescribed or
recommended by a physician for medical use, no provision of the
Controlled Substances Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FDCA) shall restrict: (1) the prescription or recommendation of
marijuana by a physician for medical use; (2) an individual from
obtaining and using marijuana from a prescription or recommendation by a
physician for medical use by that individual; (3) a pharmacy from
obtaining and holding marijuana for that use; or (4) an entity
established by a State from producing and distributing marijuana for
that purpose.
Requires the National Institute of Drug Abuse to make marijuana
available for an investigational new drug study under specified
provisions of the FDCA.
