Will Medical Marijuana Get the Thurman Adams Veto?

Delaware State Senator Margaret Rose Henry has introduced a bill legalizing medical marijuana:

Under Senate Bill 94, residents would be allowed to have up to 6 ounces of marijuana, considered a month's supply, Henry said, and would be issued identification cards to prevent them from being prosecuted for having that amount or less. The state would also license centers to grow and sell marijuana to be sold for medicinal purposes….

Henry said her proposal would not decriminalize marijuana or prevent people who sell or purchase it illegally from being prosecuted.

"The bill calls for setting up compassion centers or centers with the right to grow marijuana," Henry said. "You would not be able to go on the street corner and buy. We're not talking about heroin or the drugs we see on street corners."

The legislation gives the Department of Health and Social Services 120 days after its passage to establish rules and regulations to oversee the issuance of ID cards and licenses to sell marijuana. Henry said the regulations would model other states that allow medical marijuana as a treatment option for residents.

The bill is co-sponsored by Rep. Hazel Plant and Sens. Karen Peterson, Robert Venables, and Liane Sorenson. But

Henry said while several people expressed apprehension about having their names listed as co-sponsors, she has spoken with several members of her caucus and believes she has the support to get the legislation passed this year.

Gov. Jack Markell is "studying the issue of legalizing medical marijuana and does not yet have a position on the bill." He probably won't have to take a position on the bill because in all likelihood Senate Pro Tem Thurman Adams will see to it that the bill is killed in committee. This is yet another example of what happens when the Democratic state senate caucus puts a Neanderthal like Thurman Adams in the position of highest power term after term.