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Article: Bipartisan bloc backs legalizing medicinal marijuana.(Metropolitan)(Maryland Assembly '01)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 9, 2001
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ANNAPOLIS - The move to make marijuana legal for medicinal use is gaining momentum in its second year before the Maryland General Assembly.
Prince George's County Democrat Sen. Ulysses Currie has joined Baltimore County Republican Delegate Donald E. Murphy in sponsoring legislation that would let seriously ill patients use marijuana to relieve persistent nausea or other debilitating symptoms without fear of arrest.
Marijuana Policy Project Executive Director Rob Kampia says that of 25 states considering legalizing medicinal marijuana use this year, Maryland is among the three most likely to approve it.
The group is a national organization ...