Texas medical marijuana petition

Medical marijuana petition

To provide advanced natural medical care to the people of Texas. Far to long has this war on our health gone on. We want to see a new bill go out to senate and the house and for us, the taxpaying citizens of Texas have a legal way to seek medicine to improve our lives.
We have seen

HB 164
The proposed legislative measure would allow physicians to make written or oral recommendations that, in the physician's medical opinion, the potential benefits of marijuana would likely outweigh the health risks for a particular patient. If arrested for possession of marijuana, a patient with a recommendation from his or her physician would be able to assert an affirmative defense to charges arising from his or her medical use of marijuana. If a court accepts the affirmative defense, it would mean that a patient could avoid jail time and fines. The bill would not, however, protect patients from the initial arrest.

H.B. No.1491
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the medical use of marihuana.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1: Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
(c)It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under
Subsection (a) that the person possessed the marihuana as a patient
of a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state pursuant
to the recommendation of that physician for the amelioration of the
symptoms or effects of a bona fide medical condition.
(d)An agency, including a law enforcement agency, of this
state or a political subdivision of this state may not initiate an
administrative, civil, or criminal investigation into a physician
licensed to practice medicine in this state on the ground that the
physician discussed marihuana as a treatment option with a patient
of the physician or made a written or oral statement that, in the
physician ’s opinion, the potential benefits of marihuana would
likely outweigh the health risks for a particular patient.”

“SECTION 2: Subchapter B , Chapter 164, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 164.0525 to read as follows:
Sec 164.0525. MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA. A physician may
not be denied any right or privilege or be subject to any
disciplinary action solely for making a written or oral statement
that, in the physician ’s professional opinion, the potential benefits of marihuana would likely outweigh the health risks for a particular patient.”

“SECTION 3: The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that
date.”

It's time we end Americas second cival war. It's time we start taking care of our medical patients, use the tax money to fix our failing school systems and return Texas to the once great state it was.

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Texas Marijuana supporters have kicked off another legalization effort, but they face an uncertain future in the Capitol.

Rep. Elliott Naishtat, D-Austin, has filed a bill that stops well short of legalizing marijuana but provides a medical excuse to avoid punishment.

Under his proposal, a person arrested for marijuana possession could enter evidence that his or her doctor gave instructions that use of marijuana could provide benefits for the person's illness.

It also provides protections for physicians who tell patients or write instructions to them that recommend marijuana use. Patients whose doctors make such statements could present that evidence and have their charges dismissed.

Over the past decade, various attempts to legalize marijuana for medical uses have failed in the Legislature.

Opponents believe that doing so would open the door to widespread abuse.

The Marijuana Policy Project, an advocacy group, is backing the latest bill while still calling it “far from perfect.”

“Patients would not be protected from arrest and would have no legal way to obtain marijuana. Still, it’s a significant improvement over current Texas law,” said Dan Riffle, a spokesman for the group.

While floundering, the issue has won bipartisan support in the past. It was initially championed by former Rep. Terry Keel of Austin, a Republican and former sheriff.

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