Medical Marijuana Law To Take Effect
Questions Continue After Supreme Court Ruling
State health officials are ready to register patients for the medical-marijuana law that takes effect Friday, but doctors and lawyers are leery.
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Some people use the drug to ease the side effects of various
medical treatments and relieve symptoms of AIDS, cancer, multiple
sclerosis and other illnesses.
Last November, Colorado voters approved a ballot measure legalizing
the medical use of marijuana. The law, set to take effect June 1,
would allow patients to have a maximum of 2 ounces of marijuana, or
six plants, including three flowering plants.
The state plans to sell $140 licenses to each person who uses
the drug for medical purposes.
The law makes no provisions for legally buying or selling
marijuana, and doctors do not write prescriptions for the drug.
Instead, doctors must sign a form saying that marijuana could help
a patient battling specified illnesses.
The Supreme Court ruling was aimed at cooperatives formed in
California to distribute marijuana to patients.
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- May 15, 2001: Colorado Medical Marijuana Law Under Review
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