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Medical Use of Marijuana Act (Introduced in the House)
HR 1782 IH
105th
CONGRESS
1st
Session
H.
R. 1782
To provide for the medical use of marijuana.
IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June
4, 1997
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself and Ms. PELOSI) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
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A
BILL
To provide for the medical use of marijuana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Medical Use of Marijuana
Act'.
SEC. 2. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.
(a) SCHEDULE- Marijuana is moved from schedule I of the
Controlled Substances Act to schedule II of such Act.
(b) PRESCRIPTION OR RECOMMENDATION-
(1) IN GENERAL- No provision
of the Controlled Substances
Act shall prohibit or
otherwise restrict--
(A)
the prescription or recommendation of marijuana
by
a physician for medical use,
(B)
an individual from obtaining and using marijuana
from
a prescription or recommendation of marijuana by
a
physician for medical use by such individual, or
(C)
a pharmacy from obtaining and holding marijuana
for
the prescription or recommendation of marijuana
by
a physician for medical use under applicable State
law
in a State in which marijuana
may be prescribed or
recommended by a physician
for medical use under
applicable State law.
(2) PRODUCTION- No provision
of the Controlled Substances
Act shall prohibit or
otherwise restrict an entity
established by a State, in
which marijuana may be
prescribed or recommended by
a physician for medical use,
for the purpose of producing
marijuana for prescription or
recommendation by a physician
for medical use from
producing and distributing
marijuana for such purpose.
SEC. 3. FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL- No provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict--
(1) the prescription or
recommendation of marijuana by a
physician for medical use,
(2) an individual from
obtaining and using marijuana from
a prescription or
recommendation of marijuana by a
physician for medical use by
such individual, or
(3) a pharmacy from obtaining
and holding marijuana for
the prescription or
recommendation of marijuana by a
physician for medical use,
in a State in which marijuana may be prescribed or
recommended
by a physician for medical use under applicable State law.
(b) PRODUCTION- No provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict an entity
established by a State, in which marijuana may be
prescribed or
recommended by a physician for medical use, for the purpose
of
producing marijuana for prescription or recommendation by a
physician for medical use from producing and distributing
marijuana for such purpose.
SEC. 4. RESEARCH.
The National Institute of Drug Abuse shall make marijuana
available for the purposes of an investigational new drug
study
under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic
Act.
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