Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act
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Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act - Transfers marijuana from schedule I to schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act.
Provides that no provision of the Controlled Substances Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict, in a state in which marijuana may, under state law, be prescribed or recommended by a physician for medical use: (1) a physician from prescribing or recommending marijuana for medical use; (2) an individual from obtaining, possessing, transporting, manufacturing, or using marijuana in accordance with such a prescription or recommendation; (3) an individual authorized under state law to do so from obtaining, possessing, transporting, or manufacturing marijuana on an authorized patient's behalf; (4) a pharmacy or other entity authorized to do so from obtaining, possessing, or distributing marijuana to such patients; or (5) an entity established by such a state or local government thereof to do so from producing, possessing, or distributing marijuana for such a prescription or recommendation.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2835: Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2835/
"H.R. 2835: Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2835/.
H.R. 2835, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2835/.
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