

The Washington state legislature wants to know exactly what a 60-day supply of medical marijuana is.

In 1998, the state passed a law allowing people to possess a two-month medical pot supply. But they left it up to individual counties to determine what that quantity means – and some counties, reports the Los Angeles Times, have said that a 60-day supply is none at all. (Maybe they really believed this commercial?)

Washington's the only state with such ambiguous medical marijuana laws. Oregon, for example, lets people who've been prescribed pot by a doctor to have 24 ounces on hand. (My gut reaction, upon learning of this, was to make a snarky comment about electing Jarret and Gobi to the legislature – but some doctors say that treating ALS takes over two pounds of pot per month.) California pegs it at a minimum of eight ounces, and cities and counties can up that

Washington will accept expert and public comments until the end of the year, and make their decision by next July. My own opinion is that the law should be totally open-ended in regards to quantity. Pot strains vary in potency and the nature of their effect. Individual response varies, too: some people need more than others to feel its effects.

Some people smoke it, others eat it. Not setting a maximum would take into account that variability, as well as the fact that federal hostility has made rigid medical pot research rare.

What do you think? Have you had any experience taking marijuana for medical reasons? How much did you need?

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