(MSC News)--As the Kansas Legislature enters the early stages of the new session, Representative Gail Finney and her fellow Democrat, Senator David Haley, are heading up a push, complete with a Thursday afternoon rally, to make medical marijuana legal in the state.
It will happen at 1:00 in the Topeka Capitol rotunda.
From a press release: There will also be a full day of lobbying for patients and caregivers, as they make the rounds of appointments with lawmakers.
They will be asking lawmakers to support Senate Bill 9 and House Bill 2011, The Cannabis SB9: “AN ACT enacting the cannabis compassion and care act; providing for the legal use of cannabis for certain debilitating medical conditions; providing for the registration and functions of compassion centers; authorizing the issuance of identification cards; establishing the compassion board; providing for administration of the act by the department of health and environment...”
Many of the patients represented at the rally are children and adults with severe seizure disorders, including Dravet Syndrome, the most severe form of Epilepsy, and Sodium Channelopathy.
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