Minnesota medical marijuana passes 2nd committee vote without dissent
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 at 12:08 pm | By: Radical Russ
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA — The House version of Minnesota’s medical marijuana bill passed the House Civil Justice Committee this morning in a voice vote with no dissenting votes. The vote came after powerful testimony from Joni Whiting, whose adult daughter’s suffering was relieved by medical marijuana while she was undergoing treatment for the melanoma that eventually took her life.
“It really feels like the momentum is building and this is the year we’re going to get this done,” said Sen. Steve Murphy (DFL-Red Wing), sponsor of the Senate version of the bill. “One-quarter of the country now protects medical marijuana patients from arrest, and there is simply no reason to use Minnesota’s police resources to arrest the sick for trying to relieve their suffering.”
A previous version of the bill passed the Senate and every House committee in the 2007-2008 session, but was never brought up for a vote on the House floor.
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