With backing from Connecticut’s pediatricians, the House of Representatives voted 129 to 13 Wednesday night for legislation allowing physicians to prescribe cannabis oils to treat children for a half-dozen serious medical conditions.
“These are not run-of-the-mill conditions. These are not headaches,” said Rep. Matthew Ritter, D-Hartford, co-chair of the Public Health Committee. “We’re talking about end of life, palliative care, intractable seizures.”
The bill now goes to the Senate.
The legislation would expand the state’s so-called medical marijuana law to allow physicians for the first time to prescribe a non-smokable form of cannabis for patients younger than age 18.
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