Pubdate: Sunday, October 19, 1997
Source: Boulder Daily Camera 
Page: B6
Email:  
Phone: (303) 4421462 
Fax: (303) 4499358

Medicinal marijuana initiative filed

Associated Press

Denver  A ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for specific medical
purposes has been filed with the state Office of Legislative Legal
Services. Medical conditions for which marijuana would be prescribed
include cancer, glaucoma, HIV, epilepsy or multiple sclerosis, the
initiative filed Friday says. Any person with a medical condition or
undergoing treatment for a conditions that produces wasting, severe pain,
severe nausea or seizures would also be eligible. Martin Chilcutt, 63, a
former psychotherapist, and Dr.  Marshall Stiles III, a retired
psychiatrist, filed the ballot initiative.