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IN SB0287
Bill
AI Summary
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Creates a legal defense for marijuana possession for patients with terminal illness or serious untreatable disease who possess less than 2 ounces and have written physician certification
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Creates a legal defense for possession of marijuana paraphernalia when used for medical purposes by terminally ill patients with physician certification
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Requires physician certification to be executed within the previous year and state that benefits of marijuana treatment outweigh the risks
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Amends Indiana Code sections IC 35-48-4-8.3 (paraphernalia) and IC 35-48-4-11 (possession)
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Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Medical marijuana for the terminally ill. Creates a defense to possession of paraphernalia that: (1) the paraphernalia is for use with marijuana; and (2) a physician has certified in writing that the person suffers from a terminal illness or serious untreatable disease, and, in the professional opinion of the physician, the benefits of treatment with marijuana are greater than the risks. Creates a defense to possession of marijuana that: (1) the person possessed less than two ounces of marijuana; and (2) a physician has certified in writing that the person suffers from a terminal illness or serious untreatable disease, and, in the professional opinion of the physician, the benefits of treatment with marijuana are greater than the risks.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
1/7/2019