Sen. Mark Madsen’s medical marijuana bill lives on after the Utah Senate voted 15-13 Monday afternoon to give the legislation a final hearing.
After another 90 minutes of debate and discussion, Madsen tearfully asked Senate members to send the bill to a final vote, calling patients by name who could benefit from medical marijuana.
“I don’t want to let these patients, the sick and the suffering, I don’t want to let them down,” he said.
Last Friday, Madsen, R-Saratoga Springs, made seven amendments to SB73 on the Senate floor, including removing use of the whole marijuana plant, in an attempt to placate concerns.
In a statement issued Monday morning, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said the amendments were “a substantial improvement,” but concerns over regulatory controls persist. [Read more at the Deseret News]
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