HB488 Alabama 2014 Session

Under existing law, the possession and use of marijuana is a criminal act.

This bill would establish a medical exemption for the possession and personal use of marijuana only for certain qualifying patients who have been diagnosed by a physician as having a serious medical condition and been issued a valid medical marijuana identification card.

This bill would also provide that the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana is a civil penalty.

Relating to the possession and use of marijuana; to establish a medical exemption for the possession and personal use of marijuana only for certain qualifying patients under the direction of a physician; to provide that the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana is a civil penalty; and to amend Sections 13A-12-213 and 13A-12-214, of the Code of Alabama 1975, to exempt from the crimes of possession and use of marijuana persons who use marijuana for medical purposes.