On May 11, 2011, the Delaware Senate voted on legislation that would decriminalize possession, use, and distribution of medical marihuana.  The strict bill regulates everything from the quality of marihuana to how it is transported i.e. tamperproof containers.  Further, unlike citizens in other states, Delaware citizens who receive a doctor's recommendation to use medical marihuana will not be able to grow in their own home.  Instead, qualified patients will only be able to receive medical marihuana through state-licensed dispensaries.  Delaware's Department of Health and Social Services will be charged with issuing one dispensary license per county, to a not-for-profit organization.  The bill also establishes a state-supervised safety compliance center that will test medical marihuana grown at dispensaries.  In addition, Delaware's bill not only requires a "bona fide physician-patient relationship" for a doctor to recommend medical marihuana, it also requires the patient to have exhausted other medical remedies before being recommended.  The intent is to limit access to medical marihuana to patients who have serious debilitating conditions.  The bill does not allow patients suffering from glaucoma, crohn's, or early stages of hepatitis C to obtain medical marihuana.  A more lenient provision of the bill allows patients to purchase a generous 6 ounces of medical marihuana each month.  For more information, read the following article.