House Concurrent Resolution 116 – The Medical Marijuana Study Tasks WV House Committee on Government and Finance to study medical marijuana for 2014 Legislative Session
The Health Committee has released the following resolution, House Concurrent Resolution 116 Medical Marijuana Study, asking the Committee on Gov and Finance to form a select commmittee for the purposes of studying medical cannabis.
Del. Mike Manypenny has sponsored several bills that aim to amend state law so that physician-supervised patients with an authorized chronic or debilitating medical condition can possess six plants and up to an ounce of usable marijuana for medical purposes. The measure also allows for the establishment compassion centers to dispense medical cannabis to qualified patients.
Please call your delegates and those on the Committee for Gov and Finance and ask them to support House Concurrent Resolution 116. Call the featured delegates and thank them for sponsoring this resolution.
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I was needing to know where West Virginia stands on medical marijuana right now? Personally I would love to see it pass because I have cerebral palsy and it really helps with my muscle spasms.
Tara, Read below about efforts now in progress to change WV laws on medical marijuana. Please express your support to family, friends, your local newspaper and TV channel and most importantly, elected officials in your area. We are working hard to people like you, who will benefit from these changes.
WV Delegate To Introduce Bill To Allow Use Of Medical Marijuana
WBOY.com
Posted: Jan 21, 2013 5:22 PM EST
Updated: Jan 21, 2013 5:38 PM EST
By Kelsey Pape, Marion and Taylor County Reporter
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West Virginia is not one of the states that allows medical use of marijuana, for now.
“Of all the states that have passed medical marijuana legislation, the substance abuse in those states have gone down,” said Delegate Mike Manypenny, (D) Taylor County.
Delegate Manypenny is introducing a bill that would allow seriously ill patients to use marijuana without the fear of being arrested.
“There are about nine different diseases that medical marijuana can be used effectively for,” he said. “The most specific is for cancer patients that are going through chemotherapy.” CLICK for rest of story.