Pubdate: Sat, 23 Apr 2016
Source: Columbia Daily Tribune (MO)
Copyright: 2016 Columbia Daily Tribune
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL FAILS IN MISSOURI HOUSE

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) -- The Missouri House has rejected a proposal to
legalize medical marijuana.

The legislation failed on a 66-87 vote Thursday after lawmakers scaled
it back to only permit cancer patients in hospice to use the drug.

The pro-legalization National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana
Laws said of the 23 states to permit medical cannabis, only Florida's
laws were comparably narrow.

Some supporters of expanding access to marijuana said they could not
support such a limited measure. Other opponents said permitting any
form of legalized marijuana would lead to higher use among teenagers
and, potentially, even looser drugs laws in the future.
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