H.R. 449897th CongressHouse Bill

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish in the Department of Health and Human Services the Office for the Supply of…

Official title: A bill to provide for the therapeutic use of marijuana in situations involving life-threatening illnesses and to provide adequate supplies of marijuana for such use.

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Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish in the Department of Health and Human Services the Office for the Supply of Internationally Controlled Drugs, to be responsible for regulating the domestic production of marihuana and the distribution of marihuana for medical, scientific, and research purposes. Establishes procedures for the production of medicinal marihuana. Permits the distribution of medicinal marihuana only to hospitals and pharmacies registered to dispense schedule II controlled substances for the purposes of treating glaucoma or the nausea of cancer patients or research approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Introduced Sep 16, 1981
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Stewart McKinney

Republican

U.S. Representative · CT-4

Bipartisan — 84 cosponsors (53 D, 34 R)

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