Victory in Maryland!
Published: April 12, 2011
Medical marijuana defense bill gets final approval in legislature
Recently, we
told you that the Maryland House had passed legislation to give medical
marijuana patients an affirmative defense, removing criminal penalties for the
use or possession of an ounce or less of marijuana for medical use. I’m happy
to report the Senate has just signed off on the House amendments, meaning the
legislature has given its final approval to the measure!
The
next and final step is for Governor Martin O’Malley to sign the bill into law.
Please, stop what you’re doing and ask
the governor to sign SB 308!
With
any luck, I’ll be writing you soon to say that Maryland has become the 16th
state to remove criminal penalties for the medical use of marijuana. This is
yet another important victory for MPP, seriously ill patients, and our allies,
and I thank you for all your support. We’re not there yet though, so keep
those emails coming in to the governor’s office.
Thanks everyone!
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