The Minnesota Legislature is considering a plan to allow medical marijuana. Here’s how it would work:

— Doctors would write certificates recommending marijuana for patients suffering from cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis and other serious conditions named in the bill.

— Patients and caregivers would register with the Health Department and get an ID card authorizing them to have up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana. Caregivers would have to pass a criminal background check. Giving false information would be a felony.

— Selling or giving medical marijuana or an ID card to another person would be a felony.

— Organizations could register with the Health Department to grow medical marijuana in secure facilities. Employees would be subject to background checks. Patients who lived too far from registered organizations could grow up to 12 plants themselves.