(Doc Name h:\legwork\house\amend\h-wm\006\medical cannabis.docx):
EXPLANATION: Restricts DAODAS from using appropriated funds to run public campaigns which oppose the medical use of cannabis.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 37,
DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL & OTHER DRUG ABUSE SERVICES, page 377,
after line 24, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to
read:
(DAODAS: Medical Cannabis Campaigns) The department
is prohibited from using state or other funds to run a public
campaign which disparages in any way the medical use of
cannabis, including but not limited to using the phrase
"Marijuana is not medicine". Effective July 1, 2019,
any public campaign which violates this provision must be
terminated immediately.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.