We would like ask to you, medical marijuana patients of Ohio, to tell your state representative to support Ohio medical marijuana legislation. Last year we at OPN managed to introduce SB343 The Medical Compassionate Act into the Ohio state legislature in the last session. This was the culmination of all your input, advice, and incorporating the best aspects of other medical marijuana that has been implemented in other states. Now it is up to you to get the bill reintroduced in the new session that just started on January 5th 2009.
The first significant advantage of the bill we introduced was that it protected Patients who choose to work by protecting them from discrimination for their choice of medicine. The second significant advantage is that it allows for the transfer of medication between and among Patients and caregivers. We have learned from what other states have done, and the consequences of their choice of wording. This is a very carefully crafted bill with every word carefully chosen to advance our chances of passage.
