New Hampshire Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
By admin at 29 April, 2009, 4:36 pm
New Hampshire is one step closer to becoming the 14th state in the nation to legalize marijuana for medicinal use after the state Senate passed a bill which would allow the drug to be used by critically ill and terminally ill patients.
The New Hampshire Union-Leader reports that in a 14-10 vote today the New Hampshire Senate passed the bill which would allow patients to have two ounces of the drug and six marijuana plants if they receive approval from a doctor and the state.
A similar bill has already passed through the state House and will require the two state bodies to negotiate on which bill to send forward. New Hampshire governor John Lynch has already said he would like to see distribution of the drug limited to hospices and hospitals, according to the paper.
New Hampshire is one of a number of states considering the legalization of marijuana for medicinal use.
Today a Pennsylvania state representative Mark Cohen introduced a bill that would allow the use of the drug for medical purposes in that state.
“The only thing blocking this bill’s passage is the old image that marijuana has from the 1930s,” Cohen said, according to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. “It’s time to create a new image, as a form of treatment that, when prescribed by responsible doctors, could help thousands of patients in Pennsylvania.”
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