Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that expands access to medical marijuana.

Highlights:

• Authorizes a licensed physician in good standing with the state board of medical examiners to recommend medical marijuana to any patient suffering from a debilitating medical condition with whom they share a bona fide doctor-patient relationship (Sec. 1).

• Defines “debilitating medical condition” as any of the following neurodegenerative diseases and conditions (Sec 1):

• Alzheimer’s disease; 

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; 

• Huntington’s disease; 

• Lewy body dementia;

• Motor neuron disease; 

• Parkinson’s disease; 

• Spinal muscular atrophy; 

• Traumatic brain injury; 

• A concussion diagnosed by a physician; 

• Chronic pain associated with fibromyalgia; 

• Chronic pain associated with sickle cell disease; 

• Any condition for which a patient is receiving hospice care or palliative care; and

• All conditions not otherwise specified that a physician, in his medical opinion, considers debilitating to an individual patient and is qualified through his medical education and training to treat.

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