Medical marijuana bill introduced

01/30/2007

BY RACHEL E. STASSEN-BERGER
Pioneer Press


Minnesota senators introduced a measure Monday to allow the chronically ill and dying to use marijuana without breaking state law.

The proposal is not new. In each of the past two years, Senate committees have approved similar measures, but the proposals have not moved on to the full Senate.

About a dozen states already allow the critically ill to use marijuana, but such laws have run into legal problems because marijuana is still a federally forbidden substance.

To read the Minnesota proposal, go to http://www.senate.mn and search for SF345.