,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bh1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,griffith of ,virginia introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for   
the legitimate use of medicinal         
marijuana in accordance with the laws of
 the various ,states4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,legitimate ,use of ,medicinal          
,marijuana ,act or the ,,lumma4  #b4    
,scheduling of marijuana2 prescriptions 
7a7 ,schedule ,marijuana is moved from  
schedule ,i of the ,controlled          
,substances ,act to schedule ,,ii of    
such ,act4  7b7 ,prescription  7#a7 ,in 
general ,in a ,state in which marijuana 
may be prescribed by a physician for    
medical use under applicable ,state law1
 no provision of the ,controlled        
,substances ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hja et 
seq47 or of the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1  
and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cja  

et seq47 shall prohibit or otherwise    
restrict--  7,a7 the prescription of    
marijuana by a physician for medical    
use2  7,b7 an individual who is an      
authorized patient from obtaining1      
possessing1 transporting within the     
individual's ,state1 or using marijuana 
for that individual's medical use2  7,c7
 an individual authorized under ,state  
law to obtain1 possess1 transport within
 their ,state1 or manufacture marijuana1
 from obtaining1 possessing1            
transporting within that ,state1 or     
manufacturing marijuana pursuant to that
 authorization2 or  7,d7 a pharmacy or  
other entity authorized under ,state law
 to distribute medical marijuana to an  
authorized patient1 from obtaining or   
possessing marijuana for that purpose1  
or from distributing marijuana to an    
authorized patient for medical use4     
7#b7 ,production ,no provision of the   
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hja et seq47 or of the       
,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic    

,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cja et seq47 shall 
prohibit or otherwise restrict an entity
 authorized by a ,state1 in which       
marijuana may be prescribed by a        
physician for medical use1 for the      
purpose of producing marijuana for      
prescription by a physician for medical 
use1 from producing1 processing1 or     
distributing marijuana for such purpose4
  #c4 ,definitions ,in this ,act--  7#a7
 the term authorized patient means an   
individual using marijuana in accordance
 with a prescription of marijuana by a  
physician for medical use2  7#b7 the    
term physician means a practitioner of  
medicine1 who--  7,a7 graduated from a  
college of medicine or osteopathy2 and  
7,b7 is licensed by the appropriate     
,state board2  7#c7 the term            
prescription means an instruction       
written by a medical physician in       
accordance with applicable ,state law   
that authorizes a patient to be issued  
with a medicine or treatment2 and  7#d7 
the term ,state includes the ,district  

of ,columbia1 ,puerto ,rico1 and any    
other territory or possession of the    
,united ,states4  #d4 ,relation of ,act 
to certain prohibitions relating to     
smoking ,this ,act does not affect any  
,federal1 ,state1 or local law          
regulating or prohibiting smoking in    
public4