Colorado

NEWS UPDATE:

July 20, 2009 - In a huge victory for Medical Marijuana supporters the board of health voted to not pass new restrictions limiting the number of patients a caregiver can have.

July 19, 2009 - On July 20th there will be a public hearing about proposed amendments to the rules of the medical marijuana registry.

SUMMARY:

Medical Marijuana has been legal in Colorado since 2000 when Amendment 20 was passed which authorized the use of marijuana to alleviate certain debilitating medical conditions: cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS positive, cachexia; severe pain; severe nausea; seizures, including those that are characteristic of epilepsy; or persistent muscle spasms, including those that are characteristic of multiple sclerosis. In addition, patients and physicians may submit petitions to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to include other medical conditions that may be alleviated by the medical use of marijuana. Amendment 20 authorizes a patient or a primary caregiver who has been issued a Medical Marijuana Registry identification card to possess no more than two ounces of a usable form of marijuana and not more than six marijuana plants, with three or fewer being mature, flowering plants that are producing a usable form of marijuana.