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Earl Blumenauer: “I would like to make the point that the gentleman is wrong. I am happy for him to show us where it is prohibited for a…”

On the recordApril 30, 2014
I would like to make the point that the gentleman is wrong. I am happy for him to show us where it is prohibited for a doctor to talk about a legal State treatment. There is no Federal prohibition that we have been able to find because, if I could find it, I would introduce legislation to repeal it. But my point obtained, what if the advice of the doctor is don't use medical marijuana, which is legal, because it is not right for you, I am your primary physician, why would you prohibit that? The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Duncan of Tennessee). The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon
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Apr 30, 2014

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