http://norml.org/laws/item/maryland-...ategory_id=864

House Bill 1101, signed into law on May 2, 2013, establishes an independent, 12-member medical marijuana commission within the state Department of Health. The commission will request applications from Maryland academic medical centers to operate 'medical marijuana compassionate use programs.' Members of the commission will decide which patients will qualify for the programs and will license growers to provide cannabis for therapeutic purposes. The law takes effect on October 1, 2013. However, no state-sanctioned research programs are expected to be operational until 2015 or later.


http://hometestingblog.testcountry.com/?p=24733


A spokeswoman of Governor Martin O’Malley confirmed Wednesday that Maryland is just a few hours away from joining other U.S. states in legalizing medical marijuana.

Raquel Guillory said O’Malley is scheduled to sign House Bill 1101 at a bill-signing ceremony on May 2. It’s still unclear, though, when the program will take effect.

HB 1101 passed the Senate on April 8 by a vote of 42-4. The bill seeks to establish a 12-member state commission, to be called the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission, that will oversee the medical marijuana programs at participating academic research centers.

All academic research centers that have been approved by the commission are required to specify the medical conditions it intends to treat and the criteria by which patients are allowed to participate. They must also specify how patients will be assessed for addiction before and during treatment using marijuana through the program. Furthermore, they must specify the length of treatment, the allowable dosage, as well as the source and type of marijuana to be used in the program.

Dan Riffle, the Deputy Director of Government Relations for the Marijuana Policy Project, told WFMD that the legislation is a step closer to “having evidence-based, rational policies with respect to marijuana.”

“This bill is not about leading to legalization of marijuana for any other purposes,” Riffle added. “It’s about providing medical marijuana to patients whose doctors recommend marijuana in a safe medical place to obtain their medication.”

 

tl;dr

 

Lay off the pipe and pay attention.

 

Ok

 

It's not a good thing really.

They make it so hard to get approved that half the people who could benefit will never get approved and the other half can only obtain medicine through state-regulated programs administrated by academic medical research centers. None of which are in the works currently.

The purpose of the law passed wasn't compassion it was to make it LOOK like they are compassionate without really making any strides toward laws that make sense. One step forward two steps back.

I'm just gonna start drinking so I can endanger others instead of myself.

 

As long as we decimalize in the next few years it what I'm worried about. If they don't they are stupid weed is big part of our economy And our culture.

 

It's fucktards like you that ruin it for the rest of us. You have the grammar of a zoo mammal and are a false representation of "our culture".

 

Thanks bro you really told me

 

Don't you get it though? Wouldn't you prefer an advocate for a cause you believe in to come across as educated? It's not that hard a concept to grasp.

 

really?? you dont get it do you?