Section 21-28.6-8. – Affirmative defense and dismissal.

§ 21-28.6-8. Affirmative defense and dismissal. (a) Except as provided in § 21-28.6-7, a qualifying patient may assert the medical purpose for using marijuana as a defense to any prosecution involving marijuana, and the defense shall be presumed valid where the evidence shows that: (1) The qualifying patient’s practitioner has stated that, in the practitioner’s […]

Section 21-28.6-9. – Enforcement.

§ 21-28.6-9. Enforcement. (a) If the department of health fails to adopt regulations to implement this chapter within one hundred twenty (120) days of the effective date of this act, a qualifying patient may commence an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel the department to perform the actions mandated pursuant to the […]