Alabama State medical marijuana bill proposed
An Alabama Senate bill introduced last week would allow patients to legally possess and use marijuana prescribed by a medical doctor.
The Alabama Medical Marijuana Patient Safe Access Act would apply to “qualifying patients” with serious medical conditions, ranging from severe nausea to AIDS. The bill was read Thursday and is being considered in the Senate’s judiciary committee.
SB-326 is sponsored by Sen. Bobby Singleton, D- Greensboro, and a companion bill is expected to be filed Monday by Rep. John Rogers, D- Birmingham.
“There are doctors that want to prescribe marijuana for their patients because it works,” Singleton said in a written statement last week. “It just makes sense to let them.”
The bill would establish three classes of marijuana amounts a physician could recommend for patients after a full medical evaluation.
Class 1 would allow a qualified patient or designated caregiver to buy a maximum of 2.5 ounces of...
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