Tennessee legislators introduce medical marijuana legislation
Published: February 17, 2009
Recently, Sen. Beverly Marrero (D-Memphis) and Rep. Jeanne Richardson (D-Memphis) introduced companion medical marijuana bills — SB 209 and HB 368.
This legislation would allow terminally ill patients to use medical marijuana pursuant to a physician's recommendation. Registered patients or their caregivers would be allowed to possess up to 8 ounces of dried marijuana and 6 mature or 12 immature marijuana plants.
After you have sent your legislators an e-mail, give them a few days to respond and then follow up with a call asking them if they are supportive, and, if so, if they would consider signing on as a co-sponsor.
If you are a patient that could benefit from such a law and would like to help advance this year's legislation by sharing your story with others, please send an email to nmiller@mpp.org that includes your name, address, description of your medical condition(s), and phone number at which you can be contacted.
Click here for ways anyone can help with this year's effort to make Tennessee the 14th medical marijuana state.
Thank you for supporting the Marijuana Policy Project and all of our allies. Please pass this alert on to any friends and family in Tennessee who might be interested in helping very sick patients get the protection they need.
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