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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 714 
To provide for the legitimate use of medicinal marihuana in accordance 
with the laws of the various States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2017 
Mr. GRIFFITH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide for the legitimate use of medicinal marihuana 
in accordance with the laws of the various States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legitimate Use of Me-
dicinal Marihuana Act’’ or the ‘‘LUMMA’’. 
SEC. 2. SCHEDULING OF MARIHUANA; PRESCRIPTIONS. 
(a) SCHEDULE.—Marihuana is moved from schedule 
I of the Controlled Substances Act to schedule II of such 
Act. 
(b) PRESCRIPTION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In a State in which mari-
huana may be prescribed by a physician for medical 
use under applicable State law, no provision of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) 
or of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 301 et seq.) shall prohibit or otherwise re-
strict— 
(A) the prescription of marihuana by a 
physician for medical use; 
(B) an individual who is an authorized pa-
tient from obtaining, possessing, transporting 
within the individual’s State, or using mari-
huana for that individual’s medical use; 
(C) an individual authorized under State 
law to obtain, possess, transport within their 
State, or manufacture marihuana, from obtain-
ing, possessing, transporting within that State, 
or manufacturing marihuana pursuant to that 
authorization; or 
(D) a pharmacy or other entity authorized 
under State law to distribute medical mari-
huana to an authorized patient, from obtaining 
or possessing marihuana for that purpose, or 
from distributing marihuana to an authorized 
patient for medical use. 
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(2) PRODUCTION.—No provision of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 301 et seq.) shall prohibit or otherwise re-
strict an entity authorized by a State, in which mari-
huana may be prescribed by a physician for medical 
use, for the purpose of producing marihuana for pre-
scription by a physician for medical use, from pro-
ducing, processing, or distributing marihuana for 
such purpose. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘authorized patient’’ means an in-
dividual using marihuana in accordance with a pre-
scription of marihuana by a physician for medical 
use; 
(2) the term ‘‘physician’’ means a practitioner 
of medicine, who— 
(A) graduated from a college of medicine 
or osteopathy; and 
(B) is licensed by the appropriate State 
board; 
(3) the term ‘‘prescription’’ means an instruc-
tion written by a medical physician in accordance 
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with applicable State law that authorizes a patient 
to be issued with a medicine or treatment; and 
(4) the term ‘‘State’’ includes the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any other territory or 
possession of the United States. 
SEC. 4. RELATION OF ACT TO CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS RE-
LATING TO SMOKING. 
This Act does not affect any Federal, State, or local 
law regulating or prohibiting smoking in public. 
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