After recent efforts to legalize medical marijuana in Tennessee were postponed once again on Capitol Hill, local medical marijuana advocates are planning another Johnson City rally on Saturday to voice their disappointment.
“We planned this rally to let (legislators) know we are not going to give up,” said Seth Green, a local medical marijuana advocate and activist.
The march will begin at the Farmers Market at 2 p.m. and make its way to a rally at the corner of State of Franklin Road and University Parkway.
Earlier this month, there were high hopes among medical marijuana advocates when House Bill 1749, sponsored by Rep. Jeremy Faison, R-Cosby, set out to provide a legal defense for patients with a doctor’s order to possess certain forms of medical cannabis, but not the raw plant form.
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