Twenty-nine states have medical marijuana laws that allow patients to obtain legal marijuana to use for medical purposes (Clark). Kentucky is not one of them. As such, you cannot go to another state and get marijuana for medical purposes and return to Kentucky with it. If you do, because there is not a federal law, you can be arrested for possession. The only people making money from marijuana in Kentucky are the illegal drug dealers. Legalization of marijuana for medical purposes would mean Kentucky could allow patients that have tried other methods to control their pain, reduce their spasticity, or control their seizures to have access to a natural remedy. Rather than being a man-made medication, the marijuana plant is a naturally occurring plant. Scientists can grow it to specifications that could be set forth by law and controlled so that consumers would know what they were getting. This would allow the consumer and physician to ensure the correct dosage of marijuana could be
Twenty-nine states have medical marijuana laws that allow patients to obtain legal marijuana to use for medical purposes (Clark). Kentucky is not one of them. As such, you cannot go to another state and get marijuana for medical purposes and return to Kentucky with it. If you do, because there is not a federal law, you can be arrested for possession. The only people making money from marijuana in Kentucky are the illegal drug dealers. Legalization of marijuana for medical purposes would mean Kentucky could allow patients that have tried other methods to control their pain, reduce their spasticity, or control their seizures to have access to a natural remedy. Rather than being a man-made medication, the marijuana plant is a naturally occurring plant. Scientists can grow it to specifications that could be set forth by law and controlled so that consumers would know what they were getting. This would allow the consumer and physician to ensure the correct dosage of marijuana could be