Medical cannabis in Virginia
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Medical cannabis in Virginia is allowed to be used pursuant to Code of Virginia § 18.2-250.1.[1] Virginia was the first state to legalize cannabis for certain medical purposes in 1979, fully 17 years before California did so. In 1997[2] and in 2014,[3] attempts were made to repeal the provision allowing this medicinal use. Both times, Delegate Robert Marshall argued that a California physician could telephone in a cannabis recommendation for a Virginia patient.[4] Medical cannabis advocates acknowledge that this has in fact happened before.
References
- ↑ "§ 18.2-250.1. Possession of marijuana unlawful.". Code of Virginia. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-250.1.
- ↑ Plaisance, Patrick Lee (27 January 1997). "House Moves To Ban Medical Marijuana". Daily Press. http://articles.dailypress.com/1997-01-27/news/9701270026_1_marijuana-for-medical-reasons-house-courts-house-committee.
- ↑ Marshall, Robert G. (2014). "HB 684 Prescribing marijuana as medicine.". http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?141+sum+HB684.
- ↑ "Va. finds it legalized medical marijuana Law passed in 1979 with no controversy". San Francisco Chronicle. 2 February 1997. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-02-02/news/1997033217_1_medical-marijuana-prescribe-marijuana-proposition-215.
