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Senate approves limited 'right-to-try' medical cannabis measure; companion production bill tabled
Summary
The Utah Senate approved a narrowly tailored medical cannabis bill allowing physician‑certified terminal patients to try a CBD/THC medicinal preparation in non‑inhalation forms. A companion bill establishing production and distribution was tabled on third reading for fiscal review.
The Utah Senate on third reading approved third substitute House Bill 195, a narrowly scoped "right-to-try" measure that lets terminally ill patients try a physician‑recommended CBD/THC medicinal preparation in non‑inhalation forms.
Senator Vickers, the bill sponsor, told the chamber the measure permits a physician to certify a patient who "has an incurable and irreversible disease" and who, "within reasonable medical judgment, [is expected to] die within six months," to try a medicinal dosage form such as a…
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