Medical marijuana bill introduced in West Virginia — West Coast Leaf News Service [1]

“There is no longer any doubt that medical marijuana is an effective treatment for a number of debilitating medical conditions and symptoms,” said Matt Simon, a legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project, who is a West Virginia native and graduate of West Virginia University. “No one deserves to be treated like a criminal for using marijuana to treat a serious medical condition.

“Lawmakers concerned by medical marijuana should ask themselves what they would do if a loved one was suffering from a serious illness and a physician suggested that marijuana could help.”

Read more here  http://theleafonline.com/c/Politics/2014/01/medical-marijuana-bill-introduced-in-west-virginia [2]