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CT committee OK's adding children to medical marijuana rolls

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 05/26/2015 - 14:22

HARTFORD -- In a bipartisan move that's the last hurdle before debates in the Senate and House, the General Law Committee voted Tuesday morning to allow children to join the state's medical marijuana program.

Acting on an amendment from the state Senate, the committee approved a new section that would prohibit those under 18 from smoking or inhaling the drug's vapors. In liquid form, however, marijuana has been found to reduce childhood seizures.

"We felt strongly that minors should not be perceived as smoking marijuana, where people might see it and not really understand that it was being used as a medical condition, and it might send a wrong message to their peers," said Rep. David A. Baram, D-Bloomfield, committee co-chairman.

But Rep. Can Carter, R-Bethel, who supported the bill, warned that restricting doctors' ability to allow the vaporizing of the drug might not be advisable at this...

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