A bill proposing expanded medical marijuana access was set for its first hearing today, but sponsors have told proponents that the measure will be pulled.
data. Most of these products are consumed by electronic and manual vaporization, also known as dabbing, and have been shown to impact developing brains in people 25 and under.
There is no data linking teenage medical marijuana patients to a spike in youth marijuana use, but stronger restrictions for medical marijuana access and concentrated THC products were pushed by lobbies representing parents, health-care organizations and anti-legalization groups at the start of the 2021 legislative session.
“Our organization provided credible evidence to the Colorado Legislature that the Colorado Medical Marijuana Program was a pipeline to our high schools and fed underage use of high-potency marijuana products," One Chance to Grow Up co-founder Rachel O’Bryan said in a statement earlier this month."The legislature responded with House Bill 21-1317, which closed loopholes that had allowed for the diversion of medical marijuana to Colorado kids.
But the law has also impacted older and more vulnerable patients, according to Cannabis Clinicians Colorado, Advocates for Compassionate Therapy Now and parents of child medical marijuana patients who suffer from autism, epilepsy and other debilitating conditions. According to Cannabis Clinicians Colorado, just 300 of the state's 27,000-plus licensed physicians are currently considered cannabis-friendly.
Supporters of SB 081 are hopeful that they can achieve some of their legislative goals through regulatory rulemaking or Polis's office, but the bill's death is another major defeat for medical marijauna advocates.
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