D.C. City Council member David Catania proposed a bill to legalize medical marijuana in D.C. on Tuesday January 19th. The bill was co-sponsored by nine out of the thirteen other council members.
The drug will be given only to chronically ill patients or registered caregivers in order to ease the symptoms of serious illness. The proposal allows the Department of Health to regulate how the policy would be implemented; including the conditions for which the drug can be prescribed.
The legislation also declares that medical cannabis would only be available from five dispensaries in Washington, each located at least 1,000 feet away from schools.
Medical cannabis is currently legal in fourteen states. One of the biggest challenges for D.C. is where to grow the drug because it is illegal to ship across Virginia or Maryland’s borders.
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