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Senate spends hours on tightly regulated medical cannabis bill; sponsor to post substitute
Summary
Senators heard an extended, time‑certain briefing on Senate Bill 259 proposing a regulated medical cannabis program limited to specified conditions and specialist physicians; sponsor said a substitute will be circulated and the bill was circled for third reading.
Senator Dan Madsen led an extended, time‑certain floor presentation of Senate Bill 259, a proposal to authorize a tightly regulated medical cannabis program for a limited set of medical conditions.
Madsen said the bill would create four commercial components — cultivation, processing, testing and dispensaries — and implement a ‘‘seed‑to‑sale’’ tracking system to prevent diversion. ‘‘This bill simply introduces a very small increment of highly regulated freedom for willing physicians and willing patients who want to consider medical cannabis as an augmentation to their…
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