TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas lawmakers are considering legalizing medical marijuana for certain medical conditions.
The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee heard the bill Monday. If it passes, Kansas would join 28 other states that have some type of medical marijuana program.
Supporters say medical marijuana could help patients who have exhausted available medicine options. Melissa Ragsdale, whose 7-year-old son suffers from seizures, told the committee industrial hemp cannabidiol helped her son but it only stops certain seizures and that broader access could help.
Supporters also say marijuana would be better than potentially harmful prescription narcotics.
Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police Lobbyist Ed Klumpp argues marijuana should go through a vetting process like other prescription drugs. He says legalizing usage for some people makes stopping illegal marijuana use more difficult.
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KS_Referee (02/21/2017 1:38 AM)
Legalize medical marijuana and decriminalize recreational marijuana. As a matter of fact, decriminalize ALL drug use. If someone breaks a law while on drugs, charge them for the law they broke. No one has a right to any say on what a person ingests, drinks, smokes, or injects into their own body. It is time to get rid of these BS malum prohibitum laws, crime laws that do not involve the actions or inaction of one person encroaching upon the rights or property of another person. Just because you dont like someone smoking, drinking or doing drugs does NOT give you the right to prohibit them from doing so.
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