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Marijuana bill is modified
State Representative Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby), the sponsor of a bill to allow Tennesseans to use medical marijuana modified his legislation on Wednesday, throwing out areas of controversy, in an effort to build support. "What I'm trying to do is decriminalize that if you have one of the 15 qualifying [medical] conditions," Faison told the House Criminal Justice Committee. The amendment, approved by the committee, creates an exception in existing law to allow residents suffering from specific diseases or conditions to be immune from arrest and prosecution provided they have proof of a legal order or recommendation by a doctor in a note saying the patient is likely to benefit from cannibis. The original bill would have created a program in which patients would have had an electronic registration card issued by the state. It also would have required participating doctors to have a state-issued license. Under the bill, marijuana could not be smoked and the level of THC would be regulated. But Drs. Michael Warren and David Ragan, of the Tennessee Department of Health questioned many of the claims regarding the positive effects of marijuana on the various medical conditions. Representative Faison later suggested that opponents of the bill "are stuck in Reefer Madness" and are trying to turn his efforts into what he called "political mumbo jumbo." Diseases and ailments outlined in the amendment are: Cancer, HIV or AIDS, Hepatitis, Lou Gehrig's Disease(ALS), Post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer's disease, Severe arthritis, Inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Schizophrenia, Sickle-cell anemia, or any chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition with a confirmation of diagnosis or treatment including cachexia or wasting syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, severe chronic pain, severe chronic pain, severe nausea and seizures, including those characteristics of epilepsy. Because the Committee ran out of time during the discussion, action on the measure was delayed until next week.
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