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Utah Lawmakers are Planning for Exactly How They Would Legalize MMJ


Medical marijuana is not legal in Utah, and it may not be anytime soon. But lawmakers took a first step Monday to outline how it would be cultivated, produced and sold if it ever is made legal there.

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted 5-0 to approve SB211 and sent it to the full Senate.

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"This is a road map leading to medical marijuana," said Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City. "We are getting it set up, getting it ready. And all we have to do then is have a quick vote — and we'll have the legal structure" to accommodate prescription pot.

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The bill's sponsor, Sen. Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City, a pharmacist, agreed. "It does create the pattern on how the state would handle it, if and when a [legalized medical marijuana] policy is adopted."

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