Mixed emotions as medical marijuana debate gets underway
Salt Lake City —
(KUTV) Mixed emotions were found on Capitol Hill today during discussion of the controversial medical marijuana bill. Last minute changes were made to the bill that helped it gain some support in Senate, but lose some patient support.
An amendment says the entire plant can no longer be used, only an extract.
This brought Enedina Stanger, a 27-year-old mother to tears. Enedina suffers from a brittle bone condition and had to move her family to Colorado so she could have access to the medicinal cannabis she needs.
"We just wanted to come back home this year and it doesn't look like that's going to be possible, even if the bill passes. I need the whole plant," Stanger told 2News.
Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Saratoga Springs, is the sponsor of the bill and believes it's time for Utah to pass this into law so people in pain can...
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