Posted on Mar 17, 2022
Lawmakers look ready to legalize medical marijuana, but likely won't let Kansans vape or smoke it...
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Kansas nearly passed legislation last year that would have legalized cannabis for medical use. If it does so this year, it may be available by early 2024.
TOPEKA, Kansas — State lawmakers find themselves on the verge of legalizing marijuana for medical use, but with stricter rules than the way cannabis has been cleared for use in other states.
The Kansas House passed a legalization bill last year. The Senate stood poised to start work on it in the opening weeks of the current session, but Republican Senate President Ty Masterson abruptly pulled the bill from the calendar.
Now the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee has begun three days of hearings on the measure, a signal that the conservative Republicans controlling the Legislature have blessed tightly regulated legalization.
TOPEKA, Kansas — State lawmakers find themselves on the verge of legalizing marijuana for medical use, but with stricter rules than the way cannabis has been cleared for use in other states.
The Kansas House passed a legalization bill last year. The Senate stood poised to start work on it in the opening weeks of the current session, but Republican Senate President Ty Masterson abruptly pulled the bill from the calendar.
Now the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee has begun three days of hearings on the measure, a signal that the conservative Republicans controlling the Legislature have blessed tightly regulated legalization.
Lawmakers look ready to legalize medical marijuana, but likely won't let Kansans vape or smoke it...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Disabled Army veteran Johnathan Lewis, from Missouri, told the Senate committee that medical marijuana lessens the chronic pain he suffers from injuries that required the amputation of one of his legs. And, he said, it helps him to be “an actual functioning member of society.”
Some supporters of the overall bill urged lawmakers to change provisions they said could lead to problems standing up a cannabis industry in Kansas.
Heather Hobbs Steppe, the president of the Kansas Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, said the high cost of licenses needed to cultivate, process and sell medical marijuana could limit its availability in rural areas.
“In order to have a successful program,” she said, “it’s going to have to … work in all four corners of the state.”
That, Steppe said, requires a program that “supports small businesses and family farmers.”
High licensing fees, she said, will drive up costs to consumers who might be forced to go back to the black market to obtain the drug.
The bill sets several milestones for establishing the rules and regulations needed to make the program operational.
If the measure passes and all those deadlines are met, medical marijuana would be available in Kansas by January 2024."
..."Disabled Army veteran Johnathan Lewis, from Missouri, told the Senate committee that medical marijuana lessens the chronic pain he suffers from injuries that required the amputation of one of his legs. And, he said, it helps him to be “an actual functioning member of society.”
Some supporters of the overall bill urged lawmakers to change provisions they said could lead to problems standing up a cannabis industry in Kansas.
Heather Hobbs Steppe, the president of the Kansas Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, said the high cost of licenses needed to cultivate, process and sell medical marijuana could limit its availability in rural areas.
“In order to have a successful program,” she said, “it’s going to have to … work in all four corners of the state.”
That, Steppe said, requires a program that “supports small businesses and family farmers.”
High licensing fees, she said, will drive up costs to consumers who might be forced to go back to the black market to obtain the drug.
The bill sets several milestones for establishing the rules and regulations needed to make the program operational.
If the measure passes and all those deadlines are met, medical marijuana would be available in Kansas by January 2024."
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I think it should be legalized federally, but only for use at home, there are too many who think it is ok to drive and smoke, at least here in Ral. Nc. where it's not even legalized.
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