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16 J. Health Care L. & Pol'y 59 (2013)
Medical Marijuana Legislation: What We Know - And Don't

handle is hein.journals/hclwpo16 and id is 63 raw text is: MEDICAL MARIJUANA LEGISLATION: WHAT WE KNOW- AND DON'T LINDA SIMONI-WASTILA* FRANCIS B. PALUMBO** I. INTRODUCTION The use of marijuana as a medicinal agent available to individuals suffering from pain, glaucoma, wasting syndromes associated with HIV and AIDS, nausea from chemotherapy, and a host of other medical conditions and symptoms has become more widely accepted.' Over the past decade, eighteen states and the District of Columbia have adopted medical marijuana legislation (MML) that allows citizens to register, cultivate, and/or otherwise procure marijuana for personal medical use.2 Additionally, the Maryland Legislature has passed a bill that, if signed by the Governor, would provide for distribution of medical Copyright C 2013 by Linda Simoni-Wastila & Francis B. Palumbo. * Linda Simoni-Wastila, BSPharm, MSPH, PhD, is a professor and Vice Chair of Research at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. I thank my former graduate student Dr. Jingjing Qian for assistance in literature review in earlier work. ** Francis B. Palumbo, PhD, JD, is Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research and Executive Director, Center on Drugs and Public Policy, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. 1. See, e.g., JANET E. JOY ET AL., MARUUANA AND MEDICINE: ASSESSING THE SCIENCE BASE 22- 24 (1999) (listing different disorders treated with marijuana at two California Cannabis Cultivators Clubs); Sunil K. Aggarwal et al., Medicinal Use of Cannabis in the United States: Historical Perspectives, Current Trends, and Future Directions, 5 J. OPIOID MGMT. 153, 156 (2009) (explaining that studies show the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids). 2. Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington have all adopted MML. ALASKA STAT. § 17.37 (2010); ARIz. REV. STAT. ANN. §§ 36-2801-19 (Supp. 2012); CAL. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE § 11362.5 (West 2007), § 11362.7-.9; COLo. CONST. art. XVIII, § 14; COLO. REV. STAT. ANN. §§ 12-43.3-101-106 (West 2012), § 18-18-406.3 (West 2012), § 25-1.5-106 (West 2012); 2012 Conn. Acts 55 (Reg. Sess.); DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 16, §§ 4901a-4926a (2011); D.C. CODE §§ 7-1671 (Supp. 2012); HAW. REV. STAT. ANN. §§ 329-121-128 (LexisNexis 2008 & Supp. 2011); ME. REV. STAT. ANN. tit. 22, §§ 2421-2430-B (Supp. 2011); 2012 Mass. Legis. Serv. 369 (West); MICH. COMP. LAWS ANN. §§ 333.26421-.26430 (West Supp. 2012); MONT. CODE ANN. §§ 50-46-301-344 (2011); NEV. CONST. art IV, § 38; NEv. REv. STAT. ANN. §§ 453A.010-.810 (LexisNexis Supp. 2011); N.J. STAT. ANN. §§ 24:61-1-16 (West Supp. 2012); N.M. STAT. ANN. §§ 26-2B-1-7 (LexisNexis Supp. 2011); OR. REV. STAT. ANN. §§ 475.300-346 (2011); R.I. GEN. LAWS §§ 21-28.6-1-12 (2011); VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 18, §§ 4472-741 (LexisNexis Supp. 2012); WASH. REV. CODE ANN. §§ 69.51A.005-.903 (West 2012). 59

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