[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 912 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 912

              To provide for the medical use of marijuana.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 1999

Mr. Frank of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
Olver, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Stark, and Ms. Woolsey) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
              To provide for the medical use of marijuana.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medical Use of Marijuana Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

    (a) Schedule.--Marijuana is moved from schedule I of the Controlled 
Substances Act to schedule II of such Act.
    (b) Prescription or Recommendation.--
            (1) In general.--No provision of the Controlled Substances 
        Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict--
                    (A) the prescription or recommendation of marijuana 
                by a physician for medical use,
                    (B) an individual from obtaining and using 
                marijuana from a prescription or recommendation of 
                marijuana by a physician for medical use by such 
                individual, or
                    (C) a pharmacy from obtaining and holding marijuana 
                for the prescription or recommendation of marijuana by 
                a physician for medical use under applicable State law
        in a State in which marijuana may be prescribed or recommended 
        by a physician for medical use under applicable State law.
            (2) Production.--No provision of the Controlled Substances 
        Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict an entity established 
        by a State, in which marijuana may be prescribed or recommended 
        by a physician for medical use, for the purpose of producing 
        marijuana for prescription or recommendation by a physician for 
        medical use from producing and distributing marijuana for such 
        purpose.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT.

    (a) In General.--No provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict--
            (1) the prescription or recommendation of marijuana by a 
        physician for medical use,
            (2) an individual from obtaining and using marijuana from a 
        prescription or recommendation of marijuana by a physician for 
        medical use by such individual, or
            (3) a pharmacy from obtaining and holding marijuana for the 
        prescription or recommendation of marijuana by a physician for 
        medical use,
in a State in which marijuana may be prescribed or recommended by a 
physician for medical use under applicable State law.
    (b) Production.--No provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict an entity established 
by a State, in which marijuana may be prescribed or recommended by a 
physician for medical use, for the purpose of producing marijuana for 
prescription or recommendation by a physician for medical use from 
producing and distributing marijuana for such purpose.

SEC. 4. RESEARCH.

    The National Institute of Drug Abuse shall make marijuana available 
for the purposes of an investigational new drug study under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

SEC. 5. RELATION OF ACT TO CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO SMOKING.

    This Act does not affect any Federal, State, or local law 
regulating or prohibiting smoking in public.
                                 <all>