Medical pot proposal passes first test in conservative Utah
Source: AP-Excite
By MICHELLE L. PRICE
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A panel of Utah lawmakers gave initial approval Thursday to a proposal that would allow residents of the conservative state who have chronic and debilitating diseases to consume edible medical marijuana products.
The legislation forbids the smoking of marijuana, but allows businesses to grow marijuana and sell pot-infused products such as brownies, candy and lozenges.
A Senate committee voted 3-2 to approve the bill and send it to the full Senate after a nearly two-hour debate about the legal and moral dangers of allowing a medical marijuana program in the heavily Mormon state.
Woods Cross Republican Sen. Todd Weiler said he recently traveled to Nevada, where a medical marijuana law has passed and he saw a billboard with a giant pot leaf on it.
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, photo Saratoga Springs Republican Sen. Mark Madsen appears on the Senate floor at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Madsen has unveiled a medical marijuana bill that would allow those with chronic, debilitating diseases access to use edible marijuana products. The proposal from Madsen does not allow the smoking of marijuana. Madsen's bill also sets up a system for state officials to license growers, dispensaries and other producers. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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WTF kind of medical drug treatment is this? Obviously it's a political treatment and not medical. Totally off the wall craziness 
I would lol except when you're talking about mmj for patients with cancer, Parkinson's, epilepsy, etc., it's no laughing matter. As a cancer patient myself, I can only thank my state legislature for a somewhat sane mmj policy. I can legally buy bud, candy, oil, wax or whatever. This UT policy is sheer insanity.
