Ohio Medical Marijuana Lobbying Day for Housebill 74

MEDICAL MARIJUANA GETS HEARING AT OHIO STATEHOUSE PDF Print E-mail

Ohio Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice to Hear Sponsor Testimony on SB 74 (Columbus, OH) -- The Ohio Patient Network is pleased to learn that, on Wednesday, November 15, the Ohio Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice will hear sponsor testimony from Senator Robert Hagan (D-33) concerning SB 74, Ohio's medical marijuana act. This legislation to protect Ohio's cannabis patients from prosecution was introduced by Senator Hagan in February of 2005.

Among other provisions, SB 74:

¨ Modifies various sections of the Ohio Revised Code to regulate the medical use of marijuana under the direction of a patient's physician;

¨ Establishes a patient registry with the Ohio Department of Health and mandates that a patient application and identification process be instituted to identify authorized patients to law enforcement personnel;

¨ Requires the issuance of identification cards by the Department of Health to patients and caregivers;

¨ Properly identifies and limits the amounts, and standardizes the weighing process of marihuana permitted under the law;

¨ Establishes a method of scientific evaluation and public comment for the purpose of evaluating the conditions for which medical use shall be authorized;

¨ Protects the public health and welfare by prohibiting the use of medical marihuana in schools, civic centers, public recreation centers, youth centers, places of employment, on public transportation, or in a private vehicle; and

¨ Does not require public or private insurance companies to incur any cost of the use of medical marihuana.

"Sponsor testimony represents only the first step," said OPAN Executive Director, Brandy Zink. "We have waited ten years for this important moment, but consideration of SB 74 won't be complete until the committee hears from patients. Seriously ill Ohioans should not be subjected to criminal penalties for using cannabis medicinally if recommended by a physician." It should be noted that the last time the Ohio Senate considered medical marijuana legislation and heard patient testimony was at the beginning of 1997 when it repealed an affirmative defense provision for medicinal marijuana use.

What: Sponsor testimony hearing for SB 74, Ohio's medical marijuana act
Who: Senator Robert Hagan (D-33)
When: Wednesday, November 15
Time: 9:00 am
Where: Ohio Senate Building, North Hearing Room

Contact: Mary Jane Borden
Ohio Patient Network
1-888-647-2843
mjborden@ohiopatient.net

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[hamboner9000]

"In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity."

(Hunter S. Thompson)

[medcannoh]

The Ohio Medical Cannabis Act of 2012 is already up and pushing hard! This is real legislation for real reform, google it!

[love4music92]

Fuck Nixon!

[squeemonkey]

@lordscotone

I'd rather see people smoking herb and calming down then starting fights outside a bar every single night. I'd rather not lose friends to lung cancer from cigs, or drunk driving... The only reason it was outlawed was for Nixon's approval ratings and spin campaign.

[squeemonkey]

@Robospace

or a cop has a bug up his ass and lies about what he smells in your car, then tears apart the inside of said car until a friend feels bad and hands off his empty glass pipe getting two people charged with possession of paraphernalia... nothing had been smoked in the car, nothing had been smoked out of the pipe in several days. For the record myself and people I know are avidly against driving while influenced...

[squeemonkey]

@EndoSmoke16

do you not see that comments like that are the reason it's still banned? Show an abillity to be responsible and maybe we'll get this off the ground and out of the house.

[wooweewow1]

this November get out the word OHIO HOUSE BILL 478 for legalization for medical marijuana, GET OUT AND VOTE OHIO

[MrBluntsworth420]

@eastcoastkilla69 lol I always, say "O-HIGH-O" =)

[MrBluntsworth420]

There is no good reason to keep marijuana illegal...I am willing to sit down and debate with anybody. Marijuana is just a plant, and there are a thousand more dangerous things out there that are legal and socially accepted.

[EndoSmoke16]

Fuck Ted strickland and the Ohio lawmakers prohibition only causes violence and incarceration. Free the weed muthafuckas