NewsFlash420
02-03-2012, 09:17 PM
Warning Arizona college students, if you suffer from an illness and are prescribed medical marijuana, you may no longer have the right to receive an education. Despite the laws meant to protect those whom need treatments for aliments, AZ lawmakers want to prohibit students from receiving desired health care and an education at that same time.
Arizona state lawmakers passed a bill (HB 2349) to deny university, trade school and college students the right to use medical marijuana regardless of being a medically approved card holder. Not even a doctor's note, recommendation or physician approved prescription can protect an individual student from harsh legal punishment for possessing their legal medication (marijuana).
Rep. Amanda Reeve from Phoenix wrote the Legislation that makes possession on campus (public or private), in dorm rooms and any college or university owned property illegal. Student's who are also patients can be criminally prosecuted for their medical marijuana. HB 2349 affects patients at university's, private colleges, community colleges and public schools (which is what the law was originally meant to be for, to keep drugs out of public schools).
"Patients’ rights should be respected," stated Joe Yuhas (Arizona Medical Marijuana Association). "Whether they're a college student, senior, pain sufferer, cancer patient, all those facing whatever illness their doctor has recommended medical marijuana as part of their medical regiment."
Regardless of how patients and pro medical marijuana associations feel about the matter, the law still stands considering the federal governments stance on marijuana. Reeve said the problem with state approved medical marijuana use among students is federal regulations governing universities require that they forbid students from having illegal controlled substances.
Read More... (http://www.examiner.com/cannabis-culture-in-phoenix/az-bill-threatens-medical-marijuana-college-students)
Arizona state lawmakers passed a bill (HB 2349) to deny university, trade school and college students the right to use medical marijuana regardless of being a medically approved card holder. Not even a doctor's note, recommendation or physician approved prescription can protect an individual student from harsh legal punishment for possessing their legal medication (marijuana).
Rep. Amanda Reeve from Phoenix wrote the Legislation that makes possession on campus (public or private), in dorm rooms and any college or university owned property illegal. Student's who are also patients can be criminally prosecuted for their medical marijuana. HB 2349 affects patients at university's, private colleges, community colleges and public schools (which is what the law was originally meant to be for, to keep drugs out of public schools).
"Patients’ rights should be respected," stated Joe Yuhas (Arizona Medical Marijuana Association). "Whether they're a college student, senior, pain sufferer, cancer patient, all those facing whatever illness their doctor has recommended medical marijuana as part of their medical regiment."
Regardless of how patients and pro medical marijuana associations feel about the matter, the law still stands considering the federal governments stance on marijuana. Reeve said the problem with state approved medical marijuana use among students is federal regulations governing universities require that they forbid students from having illegal controlled substances.
Read More... (http://www.examiner.com/cannabis-culture-in-phoenix/az-bill-threatens-medical-marijuana-college-students)