Some key Senate backers of medical marijuana legalization are expressing concern about a marijuana bill passed by the House last week, raising the possibility of a delay in getting the drug into the hands of Pennsylvania patients suffering from conditions like cancer and epilepsy.
Senate staff and lawyers found what they say are numerous flaws in the legislation passed by the House last week. Sen. Mike Folmer, R-Lebanon, who sponsored the initial bill that overwhelmingly passed the Senate last year, might press for changes and another vote by both chambers instead of agreeing to the House version and sending it to Gov. Tom Wolf for his signature.
“This would be like giving a child a toy at Christmas but then not giving a battery to make it work,” Folmer’s chief of staff, Fred Sembach, told Philly.com in a story published Friday. “It’s too important to enact a bill into law that may not work.”
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Penn. Senate Cite Flaws In House Medical Marijuana Bill
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