March 22, 2018
The sponsor of a bill that would allow medical cannabis in Tennessee has significantly altered the measure.
While presenting the bill in front of the House Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday, Rep. Jeremy Faison, R-Crosby, introduced an amendment that significantly scaled back the effort.
The rewritten version of the legislation would prevent Tennesseans suffering from 15 maladies from being arrested and prosecuted provided they have a doctor's note prescribing cannabis, said Faison.
