A Year After Almost Legalizing It, Utah Legislature Questions Whether Marijuana Is Medicine
Republican Rep. Brad Daw thinks the dozens of states that have implemented medical marijuana laws have approached the issue incorrectly.
Instead of determining what constitutes medicine through science and research, Daw said, they have done so through legislative or initiative-bound mandate.
"It became clear to me that we need to do it the right way," said Daw, from Orem. "Let's let the research be the guiding factor to decide what is medicine and what is not."
Lawmakers took a first step to that goal Monday, when a House committee unanimously approved Daw's measure allowing for expanded research into medical marijuana in the state.
HB130 would allow researchers who conduct institutional review board-approved studies to possess and administer cannabinoid products to an individual involved in the study, as well as import the products and cannabis for the study from another state as long as they comply with federal law and are...
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