(AP) – A state Senate committee has advanced legislation that
would leave the decision on whether to allow licensed medical marijuana
dispensaries to grow their own pot up to a state commission.
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on Thursday endorsed the
proposal to let the Medical Marijuana Commission decide whether dispensaries
that sell the drug can also grow it. An amendment voters approved last year
legalizing medical marijuana allows licensed dispensaries and cultivation
facilities to grow marijuana.
The measure now heads to the full Senate and is among several proposals
lawmakers are taking up after voters in November approved marijuana use for
certain medical conditions. The commission is set to begin accepting license
applications for dispensaries and cultivation facilities by July 1.
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