Medical marijuana patients still without adequate protection
Last update: May 7, 2009
Not one legislator in the entire state of Mississippi stepped up last session on behalf of sick and dying patients who use medical marijuana.
Interestingly, last year marked the 30th anniversary of the federal government's little-known medical marijuana program, the Compassionate Investigational New Drug program, which is an offshoot of the federal government's Investigational New Drug program.
Each month, the federal authorities send four patients a tin canister filled with 300 pre-rolled marijuana cigarettes. The marijuana is grown at the University of Mississippi.
Please send your state legislators an e-mail today letting them know that you hope to see more of an effort made during the 2009 session to provide medical marijuana patients with the protection they need.
If you have any questions concerning the status of marijuana policy reform in Mississippi, you can contact MPP at state@mpp.org.
Also, be sure to subscribe to MPP's free legislative alert service today if you haven't done so already.
