SB73 is Utah's best hope for a limited, humane medical marijuana law

When the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced its opposition to SB73, Sen. Mark Madsen’s bill legalizing medical marijuana, it cited concern about “unintended consequences.”

Madsen responded by amending the bill to eliminate whatever uncertainty it originally contained. He crafted a sharply defined law to end the chronic suffering of thousands of Utahns — without opioids.

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Voting against SB73 condemns those Utahns to a life of needless agony.

Madsen’s bill establishes a list of illnesses that qualify patients for medical cannabis prescriptions. It includes HIV, Alzheimer’s, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cancer and post traumatic stress syndrome related to military service.

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It prohibits smoking marijuana as a cigarette, but allows patients to eat it or inhale it as a...

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