Pot limit: Wash. state dazed and confused

SEATTLE, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Washington state lawmakers are demanding answers on the hazy issue of just how much medical marijuana patients need for the 60-day supply allowed by a 1998 law.

No standard dosage of marijuana has ever been specified by the medical profession, so the state is asking residents to voice their opinions on what is a reasonable two-month supply of marijuana or pot plants, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.

The Legislature has set a July deadline for the question to be resolved.

It is not an easy question to answer, medical marijuana advocates say. The drug is used for numerous conditions, and could be ingested or smoked.

Medical marijuana users stand to benefit the most from a clarification, the newspaper said, because so far police in each county have been left to decide the amount -- and some counties have been very stringent.

Every state besides Washington that allows medicinal use of the plant has specified a legal quantity, though many have criticized those limits as too low.