FRANKFORT -- A medical cannabis bill was submitted to the Kentucky House of Representatives on Jan. 10 and a companion bill is to be submitted to the Senate next week.
Republican State Sen. Stephen West said he will file a 62-page bill with the Senate that is modeled on the same framework of House Bill 166, sponsored by State Rep. John Sims.
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“The bill is a medical marijuana bill,” said West. “It was a group in my district, Eric and Michelle Crawford, who had been working on this subject for years.”
The Crawfords are from Maysville and have advocated for the use of medical cannabis for years now. Eric is a quadriplegic and also suffers from glaucoma. After taking opioids and other medications that left him feeling out of it, he decided that cannabis would be a better option.
