Del.: Medical marijuana bill moving to House floor!

Published: April 14, 2011

Ask your representative to vote “yes” on SB 17.

We’re one step closer! Yesterday, the House Health & Human Development Committee approved SB 17, in a unanimous vote. The next stop is a House floor vote. Please email your representative TODAY and ask him or her to support this compassionate legislation.

MPP’s Noah Mamber, legislative analyst for Delaware, was in Dover yesterday to testify at the committee hearing. Several patient advocates joined him to share their stories.

SB 17, sponsored by Sen. Margaret Rose Henry (D-Wilmington), would allow the compassionate use of medical marijuana for chronically ill Delaware patients with their doctors’ recommendations. It would include tightly regulated, extremely limited distribution of medical marijuana through registered not-for-profit compassion centers.

Though SB 17 has been advancing smoothly through the legislative course, we still have some major hurdles to clear. Please take just one minute of your time to email your representative, or better yet, take two minutes to call his or her office. If you are a patient with a serious medical condition who might benefit from medical marijuana, a loved one of such a patient, a medical professional, or a member of law enforcement or the clergy, please contact Noah Mamber if you’d like to get involved.