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attorney authorized to practice law in Washington
state: Jeffrey Steinborn of Seattle.
5_ FAMILIARITY WITH THE ISSUES PRESENTED
I have drafted legislation and worked with
the state Department of Public Health concerning
medicinal marijuana issues in Massachusetts. As
NO_ML_S Amicus sub-committee co-chairs I am
familiar with national legal developments in this
area. I have read the parties _ trial and
appellate court briefs and reply briefs, and the
draft briefs of fellow amicus applicantst the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU, hereafter)
and the Drug Policy Foundation (DPF: hereafter) e
and their Washington state affiliates.
6_ SPECXFIC XSSUE ADDRESSED BY _ THE AM_CUS BRXEF
Whether the state law (RCW 69.50.201, 9__
seq_) forbidding medical prescription of marijuana
to the terminally-ill; while allowing the lawful
prescription of far more dangerous drugs
(including cocaine e PCP [angel dust]_
methamphetamine, morphine and chemically-
duplicated THC [the psycho-active chemical in
marijuana]): Is arbitrary and irrationals and
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