The Right to Use Medicinal Marijuana:
Attorneys Who Believe in the Cause
Even though Washington's medicinal marijuana law (RCW 69.51A) was approved by 57 percent of the state's voters (as I-692) and officially enacted in 1998, prosecutors continue to bring charges against individuals who need the relief that marijuana provides from terminal or debilitating medical conditions.
At Ronnie Rae & Associates, we see these criminal prosecutions for what they truly are — a flagrant flaunting of voter intent to protect patients from exactly that type of government action. This is wrong in most cases and it is a cause that we believe in and advocate for on behalf of clients throughout Washington State.
Attorney Ronnie Rae is a member of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) — a non-profit advocacy group providing credible and verifiable information needed by marijuana reformers, patients and consumers.
Want to know more? Take time to read the full text of Washington's medicinal marijuana statute, officially known as RCW 69.51A. For answers to other questions you may have, or to find out how our lawyers can help, please call or contact us online for a free consultation today.
How Can They Charge Me?
If you have a legal prescription for medicinal marijuana, you may be at a loss to explain just how drug possession charges can be brought against you. After all, isn't the state's law supposed to give you a defense?
The answer is yes, it is. Unfortunately, prosecutors continue to find ways to get around that obstacle. Thus far, many of the criminal medical marijuana cases brought by those prosecutors have involved the statute's 60-day supply rule, arguments over the statute's definition of "qualifying patient" or pot cultivation.
In other cases, the jurisdictional limitations of the statute itself have been the source of the problem. What are these "jurisdictional limitations"? Essentially, the medicinal marijuana statute is only applicable in Washington State cases. In other words, a legal prescription does not give you any protection against actions taken by federal law enforcement nor does it allow you to bring your legally-prescribed "pot" with you across state lines or into Canada.
In any case, however and whatever you've been charged, our attorneys can help.
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