Medical marihuana reciprocity.

2016
State of Wyoming
16LSO-0069
Introduced
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.
HB0007

Medical marihuana reciprocity.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Byrd, Gay and Lindholm

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to possession of marihuana; providing that possession of marihuana pursuant to a medical marihuana card or prescription issued in another state is lawful as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 35
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7
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1031(c)(intro)
and by creating a new subsection (e)
is amended to read:

35
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7
‑
1031
.

Unlawful manufacture or delivery; counterfeit substance; unlawful possession.

(c)

It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess a controlled substance unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order of a practitioner while acting in the course of his professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by this act. With the exception of dronabinol as listed in W.S. 35
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7
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1018(h), and notwithstanding any other provision of this act, no practitioner
in Wyoming

shall dispense or prescribe marihuana, tetrahydrocannabinol, or synthetic equivalents of marihuana or tetrahydrocannabinol
.

and
E
xcept as otherwise provided in subsection
(e) of this section
,

no prescription or practitioner's order for marihuana, tetrahydrocannabinol, or synthetic equivalents of marihuana or tetrahydrocannabinol shall be valid. Any person who violates this subsection:

(e)

Possession of marihuana pursuant to an unexpired medical marihuana card or a written prescription properly issued under the laws of another state
shall not be unlawful in this state
if the person
in possession
is a resident of the state where the medical marihuana card or
prescription was issued
and the amount possessed is in a
ccordance with the card or prescription. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to authorize any person to dispense or prescribe marihuana in Wyoming.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
6
.

(END)

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