The House and Senate have used separate hearings to gather information on the medical marijuana legalization effort.
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A House Republican spokesman, however, gave no assurances that the chamber would quickly pass the bill. Don White, R-Indiana.
“When you get around the edges, there may be some questions we don’t have all the answers to but allowing all these children to lose their lives to me is unacceptable”, Sen. “But the handling, the security – I’m not real convinced we have it all tied up as far as what we need to do to protect the citizens”.
Sembach said all four caucuses were represented in meetings to discuss the technical amendments that tightened up wording of the bill.
“So for the parents that don’t have the means to fly to Colorado for a length of time, this is a godsend. They have tried to understand what they felt comfortable moving forward with and I think it is likely is a reflection of the broader body”, Smith said.
Twenty-three states, including New Jersey, in addition to Guam and Washington, D.C., have enacted comprehensive public medical marijuana and cannabis programs since California was first in 1996, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
“I think that the House Judiciary Committee has taken a lot of testimony”.
The bill would let patients who suffer from a list of ailments obtain marijuana for therapeutic purposes. The legislation’s drafters expect it would take two years to write regulations and get retailers opened, but a safe harbor provision allows parents to legally buy medical marijuana from another state for their child. The qualifying conditions include cancer, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, seizures, autism, PTSD, sickle cell anemia, and intractable pain if conventional therapies or opiates are contraindicated or ineffective.
Folmer told Senate members “it is not a flawless bill, but it is one that will work to bring medical marijuana to Pennsylvania in a timely manner”.
Under the proposal, the state would license up to 25 growers and processors and as many as 50 dispensaries, which could each operate three locations.
Gazette staff writer Chauncey Ross contributed to this report.
However last time, the House of Representative were in favor 149-43 on passing the medical marijuana bill.
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The bill also states that patients will not be allowed to grow their own marijuana for sale or personal consumption.
