DENVER — Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law that will allow school personnel to administer medical marijuana to students with a medical marijuana registry card on campus.
In a statement, the governor said the bill expands on current law to “allow school personnel to administer medical marijuana in a non-smokeable form to students qualifying for medical marijuana use.”
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The statement continued to outline the governor’s reasoning, saying the office spoke with parents whose children are medical marijuana patients and “find their reasoning and advocacy very compelling.”
The statement specifically pointed to Hannah Lavato and her son Quintin, who spurred the action and whose argument the governor labeled “overwhelmingly persuasive."
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