Chapter 94D

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Commissioner,'' the commissioner of public health. ''Department,'' the department of public health in the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. ''Marijuana,'' the plant Cannabis…

Section 2. There shall be in the department a therapeutic research program, hereinafter called the program, to conduct research and monitor experimentation in the use of marijuana as a therapeutic modality in alleviating the nausea and ill-effect of cancer chemotherapy and radiat…

Section 3. The department shall establish guidelines for the administration of the program, after consultation with medical, psychiatric and pharmacological experts. The department shall approve participation in the program in accordance with said guidelines for patients whose ph…