Is This Bill Good –Bad- or Bullshit ?

Could this be a move from the Big Drug Company’s ? I would think their first move will be to change the schedule , I for one would like to see the government get off our backs and restore our freedom , grow what we want , when we want and where we want .

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4/28/2014--Introduced.Legitimate Use of Medical Marijuana Act or the LUMMA -Transfers marijuana from schedule I to schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).Provides that in a state in which marijuana ...

2d Session

H. R. 4498

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 28, 2014

Mr. Griffith of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To provide for the legitimate use of medicinal marijuana in accordance with the laws of the various States.

1.
Short title

This Act may be cited as the Legitimate Use of Medicinal Marijuana Act or the LUMMA .

2.
Scheduling of marijuana; prescriptions

(a)
Schedule

Marijuana is moved from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to schedule II of such Act.

(b)
Prescription

(1)
In general

In a State in which marijuana may be prescribed by a physician for medical use under applicable State law, no provision of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) shall prohibit or otherwise restrict—

(A)
the prescription of marijuana by a physician for medical use;

(B)
an individual who is an authorized patient from obtaining, possessing, transporting within the individual’s State, or using marijuana for that individual’s medical use;

(C)
an individual authorized under State law to obtain, possess, transport within their State, or manufacture marijuana, from obtaining, possessing, transporting within that State, or manufacturing marijuana pursuant to that authorization; or

(D)
a pharmacy or other entity authorized under State law to distribute medical marijuana to an authorized patient, from obtaining or possessing marijuana for that purpose, or from distributing marijuana to an authorized patient for medical use.

(2)
Production

No provision of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) shall prohibit or otherwise restrict an entity authorized by a State, in which marijuana may be prescribed by a physician for medical use, for the purpose of producing marijuana for prescription by a physician for medical use, from producing, processing, or distributing marijuana for such purpose.

3.
Definitions

In this Act—

(1)
the term authorized patient means an individual using marijuana in accordance with a prescription of marijuana by a physician for medical use;

(2)
the term physician means a practitioner of medicine, who—

(A)
graduated from a college of medicine or osteopathy; and

(B)
is licensed by the appropriate State board;

(3)
the term prescription means an instruction written by a medical physician in accordance with applicable State law that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment; and

(4)
the term State includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.

4.
Relation of Act to certain prohibitions relating to smoking

This Act does not affect any Federal, State, or local law regulating or prohibiting smoking in public.


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr4498

Overall it is good. It simply states the DEA has to respect state marijuana laws.

The issue comes with the rescheduling of cannabis to make it something a physician can 'prescribe' rather than recommend. Prescriptions must have a quantity, route of administration and dosage. If it were rescheduled, the same rules that apply to methadone (schedule 2) could and probably would apply to marijuana. You cannot make your own methadone, you must have a prescription and fill it at a pharmacy.

Dr. Bob

It has legs. There will be some smoke and maybe a little heat, and maybe something will come from it. Support it by all means, unless you, like I, want to see it downlisted to schedule three or even four.

Marijuana is moved from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to schedule II of such Act.
(b)
Prescription
(1)
In general
In a State in which marijuana may be prescribed by a physician for medical use under applicable State law, no provision of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) shall prohibit or otherwise restrict—

Does this schedule-change occur ONLY in states where patients have no growing rights... Where it's mandated to be provided for only by a gov't approved center? Guess it's across the board, or nothing with federal, however states have already taken a stance of preemptively removing (growing) rights. Look at New Jersey, New Mexico, Massachusetts and now Florida. Did I forget Montana? Looks like exchanging now to regulation will certainly have it's pitfalls.

Will any version of this Nu Rescheduling combined with regulation and taxation enforcement, keep agencies/leo content and out of the patient's automobiles and gardens? If this rescheduling is a step in another direction, how do I know the path is straight or what it claims to initially be?

Switching from Schedule I to II by act of congress makes no logical sense if marijuana does not meet the definition of either under the Controlled Substance law. The law has an out clearly written in it, the AG just needs to make the move. Alcohol was also considered "medicine" under it's substance prohibition, and it's inclusion in our Controlled Substance game would be just as absurd IMHO

abe supercro said:

Marijuana is moved from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to schedule II of such Act.
(b)
Prescription
(1)
In general
In a State in which marijuana may be prescribed by a physician for medical use under applicable State law, no provision of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) shall prohibit or otherwise restrict—

Does this schedule-change occur ONLY in states where patients have no growing rights... Where it's mandated to be provided for only by a gov't approved center? Guess it's across the board, or nothing with federal, however states have already taken a stance of preemptively removing (growing) rights. Look at New Jersey, New Mexico, Massachusetts and now Florida. Did I forget Montana? Looks like exchanging now to regulation will certainly have it's pitfalls.

Will any version of this Nu Rescheduling combined with regulation and taxation enforcement, keep agencies/leo content and out of the patient's automobiles and gardens? If this rescheduling is a step in another direction, how do I know the path is straight or what it claims to initially be?

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I kind of understand what Dr Bob is saying about methadone ( schedule 2 ) and not being legal to make methadone , but with marijuana a person doesn't have to make it they only have to consume it to obtain a health benefit , so the Big Drug Company’s goal will be to make it illegal for us to grow it

About two weeks ago I received a letter telling me they (DEA ) had changed Hydrocodone-combination drugs from schedule 3 to schedule 2 , I think that move has something to do with the Drug Company’s master plan . It will be interesting to see what happens here in Florida ,

Sounds good to me. A step closer to sanity. But all decisions rest with state as it should. Now the question is which states are going to hate on the growers

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NEEDMMASAP said:

I kind of understand what Dr Bob is saying about methadone ( schedule 2 ) and not being legal to make methadone , but with marijuana a person doesn't have to make it they only have to consume it to obtain a health benefit , so the Big Drug Company’s goal will be to make it illegal for us to grow it

About two weeks ago I received a letter telling me they (DEA ) had changed Hydrocodone-combination drugs from schedule 3 to schedule 2 , I think that move has something to do with the Drug Company’s master plan . It will be interesting to see what happens here in Florida ,

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Washington state recently placed Sudafed and alike on Schd II to stop local meth production. It worked, but did nothing to the local consumption. Addicts now pay more for a far more dangerous and less effective product and the police are dealing with the Mexican Cartel killing whole families as they maintain their market up and down our West coast. You just cannot fix stupid

GregS said:

It has legs. There will be some smoke and maybe a little heat, and maybe something will come from it. Support it by all means, unless you, like I, want to see it downlisted to schedule three or even four.

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It should be decriminalized all together and the research and development ban should be lifted.