MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL KILLED BY SENATE COMMITTEE

Mon, 08 Apr 2002

ANNAPOLIS ( AP ) - A bill to establish a $100 fine as the maximum penalty for possessing marijuana for medical use was killed by a one-vote margin Friday by the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee.

The bill, which had already passed the House of Delegates, would have essentially decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana for people who could prove to a judge they needed to smoke it to relieve symptoms of illnesses such as cancer and AIDS.

"This is a sad day for future cancer patients in the state of Maryland," Delegate Donald Murphy, R-Baltimore County, sponsor of the bill, said.

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