(Sorry this took me a while. News has been screwed up around here for the last week or so.) Here, as promised, is the list of state statutes recognizing the medical value of marijuana. There are only 30 states in this list (29 + Mass). ACT (the Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics) claims that there are 34. If anyone knows what the other four are, I'd like to be informed. Thanks once again to ACT for the info. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- State Statutes Recognizing Marijuana's Medical Value ---------------------------------------------------- Alabama Code SS 20-2-110 to -120 (1984) Arizona Rev. Stat. Ann. SS 36-2601 to -2606 (supp. 1975-1984) Arkansas Stat. Ann. SS 82-1007.1 to -1052 (supp. 1985) California Health & Safety Code SS 11260-11270; S 11480 (West supp. 1985) Colorado Rev. Stat. SS 25-5-901 to -907 (1982) Connecticut Gen. Stat. Ann. SS 21a-240 to -308 (West 1985) Florida Stat. Ann. S 402.36 (West Supp. 1985), repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 84-115, S 9 (1984) SS 893.01-.15 (West 1976 & Supp. 1985) Georgia Code Ann. SS 43-34-120 to -126 (1984) Illinois Rev. Stat. ch 56 1/2, SS 701-719 (Supp. 1985) Louisiana Rev. Stat Ann. SS 40:1021-:1026 (West Supp. 1985) Maine Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 22, SS 2401-2420 (1964 & Supp. 1984-1985) Michigan Rev. Stat. Ann. SS14.15(7335)-(7336) (Callaghan Supp 1985-1986) Minnesota Stat. Ann. S152.21 (West Supp. 1985) Montana Code Ann. SS 50-32-101 to -405 (1983) Nevada Rev. Stat. SS453.740-.810 (1983) New Hampshire Rev. Stat. Ann. S318-B:10 (1984) New Jersey Pub. Health Law SS 26:2L-1 to -9 (West Supp 1985) New Mexico Stat. Ann. SS 26-2A-1 to -7 (supp. 1983) New York Pub. Health Law SS 3397-a to -g (McKinney 1984-1985) North Carolina Gen. Stat. S 90-101 (1981) Ohio Rev. Code Ann. SS 3719.85-.87 (Page Supp. 1984), repealed by 138v.S.184, S 4 (1984) Oklahoma Stat. Ann. SS 2-101 to -610 (West 1984 and Supp. 1984-1985) Oregon Rev. Stat S 475.515 (1983) Rhode Island Gen. Laws SS 21-28.4-1 to -11 (1982) South Carolina Code Ann. SS 44-53-610 to -660 (Law Co-op. 1985) Tennessee Code Ann. SS 44-53-610 to -660 (Law Co-op. 1985) Texas Stat. Ann art. 4476-15, SS 7.0-1-.10 (Vernon Supp. 1985) Vermont Stat. Ann. tit. 18, S 4471 (1982) Virginia Code S 18.2-251.1 (1982) Also: Massachussets Senate Bill 1582, passed by both houses and signed by Governor William Weld on December 31, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you would like more information on marijuana's medical use please contact the Alliance at (202) 483-8595. The Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics (ACT) is a Washington based patient-rights group founded in 1980. For more than a decade the Alliance has provided patients and policy makers with up-to-date information on marijuana's important therapeutic uses. (I am not connected with ACT in any way. I merely requested information from them, and they complied. I am now in the process of passing some of that information on to others.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amazingly enough the last three states that I have lived in are on the list. Texas, North Carolina and Oklahoma. If you can convince the legistators in *these* three states about something as radical as the medical use of marijuana, the evidence in favor must be overwhelming indeed. (Believe me, none of the legislatures in these states could be considered 'liberal' by any stretch of the imagination.) later, steve -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | steve cochran | stevec@orodruin.tivoli.com | | tivoli systems | (512) 794-9071 | | 6034 west courtyard drive | (512) 794-0623 fax | | suite 210 | (512) 469-9873 home | | austin, tx 78730 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- it's the truth even if it didn't happen. -chief bromden