Many scientific studies are showing that medical marijuana and its extracts cure cancer and significantly reduce the symptoms of many other illnesses. Despite all of this recent scientific proof each state is forced to rage it's own fight for legalization and access to this medicinal treatment while the federal government does nothing to unite the states by federally allowing patients the freedom of a safer choice.  Many families are forced to become "marijuana refugees" and move to other states to access this treatment and save their sick and dying loved ones. We the people, no matter their geographical location, deserve equal access to this medical treatment and since many are too economically disadvantaged or too sick to even consider moving we the American public demand that federal law be changed to allow compassionate use of medical marijuana.

The National Cannabis Patients Wall's Patients Demands are as follows:

      (A) To ensure that suffering and often seriously ill Americans have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes where the medical use is deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician who has determined that the person's health would benefit from the use of marijuana in the treatment of seizures, cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spasticity, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine, or any other illness for which marijuana provides relief as prescribed by a licensed physician.

     (B) To ensure that patients and their primary caregivers who obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes upon the recommendation of a physician are not subject to criminal prosecution or sanction.

      (C) To insure the federal and state governments to implement a plan to provide for the safe and affordable distribution of marijuana to all patients in medical need of marijuana.

      (2) Nothing in this petition shall be construed to supersede legislation prohibiting persons from engaging in conduct that endangers others, nor to condone the diversion of marijuana for non medical purposes.

      (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no physician in this state shall be punished, or denied any rights or privilege, for having recommended marijuana to a patient for medical purposes.

      (d) Possession of marijuana, and the cultivation of marijuana, shall be federally allowable for a patient, or the patient's primary caregiver, who possesses or cultivates marijuana for the personal medical purposes of the patient upon the written or oral recommendation or approval of a physician.

      (e) For the purposes of this section, "primary caregiver" means the individual designated by the person exempted under this act who has consistently assumed responsibility for the housing, health, or safety of that person.

      Sec. 2. If any provision of this petition or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the measure which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this measure are severable.