HARTFORD - After nearly four hours of debate and eight failed Republican amendments that would have changed the state’s medical-marijuana program, the Senate voted 23-11 late Friday to allow seriously ill children to participate. If signed into law, the legislation will let parents and guardians, with the authorization of two physicians, give their children liquid or edible forms of the drug. Connecticut is home to some of the greatest minds in the country, and we are fortunate that the Bill included language that would allow research to take place on the use of medical cannabis among children with life threatening and devastating medical conditions. About 10,000 adults are already enrolled in the program, which was approved by the Legislature in 2012, and administered by the state Department of Consumer Protection under one of the tightest regulations in the state, in which 17 serious diseases and ailments are allowed. “As it stands, the scientific evidence in favor of medical marijuana is too scant and the possible consequences too great to fall under this category,” Boucher said toward the end of the debate, in which she said she was giving the Senate a break by not calling more amendments, some of which she summarized.
Senate Approves Medical Marijuana For Children
By Ken Dixon, The News-Times
Sat, 04/30/2016 - 8:40am
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Topics: Connecticut Fairfield County Danbury
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