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Senate debate intensifies on medical cannabidiol bill as sponsors defend technical and regulatory approach
Summary
Debate on third-substitute Senate Bill 89 (medical cannabidiol) centered on technical details, regulatory flexibility and advisory-board composition; some senators raised scientific and process concerns and the sponsor offered private follow-up and possible amendment.
Third-substitute Senate Bill 89, addressing medical cannabidiol policy and related regulatory authority, drew extended floor debate on technical language, public-health safeguards and the structure of oversight bodies.
Sponsor Senator Vickers described SB 89 as a complex bill that pulls together many technical items and gives agencies flexibility to adopt rules tailored to the details: "We give [the agencies] flexibility to do that," he said, while…
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