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Vermont Governor Opposes Medicinal Marijuana Law By Lindsay F. Wiley [Bio] April 6, 2003 - Vermont Governor James Douglas has announced that he will oppose a law being considered by the state senate that would legalize medicinal use of marijuana. The bill, which the house has approved and which senators are continuing to craft, would allow patients whose doctors certify that they suffer from one of several specified conditions to apply to the state’s Department of Health for authorization to use marijuana. Although he wished to express "tremendous empathy for those who suffer from chronic pain and who feel they would benefit from medical marijuana," Douglas argued that advocates of legalizing marijuana for medicinal use should approach the problem at the federal level. "I think it would be awkward to legalize a substance that could still be the subject of prosecution by federal authorities," he explained.
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