                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES PERMITTED (§
18.2-251.1)

A. No person shall be prosecuted under &#xA7; 18.2-250 or &#xA7; 18.2-250.1 for
the possession of marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol when that possession occurs
pursuant to a valid prescription issued by a medical doctor in the course of his
professional practice for treatment of cancer or glaucoma.

B. No medical doctor shall be prosecuted under &#xA7; 18.2-248 or &#xA7;
18.2-248.1 for dispensing or distributing marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol for
medical purposes when such action occurs in the course of his professional
practice for treatment of cancer or glaucoma.

C. No pharmacist shall be prosecuted under &#xA7;&#xA7; 18.2-248 to 18.2-248.1
for dispensing or distributing marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol to any person
who holds a valid prescription of a medical doctor for such substance issued in
the course of such doctor&#8217;s professional practice for treatment of cancer
or glaucoma.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 435.