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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Broad Utah medical marijuana bill gets prelim senate OK on narrow vote 🌿Broad Utah medical marijuana bill gets prelim senate OK on narrow vote
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah state senators gave preliminary approval Monday to a medical marijuana proposal that would legalize edible, vapor and topical pot products.
Lawmakers voted 15-13 to advance the bill, saying the measure could help those with certain debilitating conditions who have not found relief through other medications.
Bill sponsor Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain, said the plan would allow tens of thousands of residents with those medical conditions to use the drug but would ban smoking it.
Madsen expects a final Senate vote Tuesday. If approved, the measure must still be passed by Utah’s House of Representatives.
During the debate Monday, he promised that the proposal is in no way a first step toward the state legalizing recreational marijuana.
“This is Utah,” he said. “It is not inevitable.”
The vast majority of states that have adopted medical marijuana programs have not adopted recreational marijuana programs, said Madsen....
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