Robert Celt
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On Tuesday, medical marijuana advocates requested lawmakers to permit home-growing for keeping the costs down and to offer a bridge for patients in nearly two-year-long time span between the passage of a law and the first lawful sale at a dispensary.
With House Bill 523, there would be a restriction on patient's access to pot to licensed retail dispensaries, though almost all the states with legal medical marijuana have permitted patients to grow some plants for self use.
Janet Breneman, a registered nurse speaking on behalf of the Ohio Cannabis Nurses Association, said that limiting patients to a dispensary through extreme costs instead of allowing them to have some home-grown would keep the price of the medicine high.
Breneman said that personal cultivation would permit patients not just with access to strains that are very useful for their health but also allow them to have the raw cannabis plant for juicing. She added that it would also let patients grow uncommon strains that couldn't be carried by dispensaries.
However, Nick Lashutka, president and CEO of the Ohio Children's Hospital Association, has requested the House Select Committee on Medical Marijuana for keeping the home-grown ban in place.
He said, "We feel that if home-grown were allowed to occur, it would have a significant child safety risk, and we've seen some of that evidence in other states that have gone down this path".
Countrywide Children's Hospital in Columbus has been involved actively in medical marijuana research linked to child epilepsy. However, Mr. Lashutka said it again that so far there hasn't been much proof backing marijuana effectiveness as medicine.
A report published in Philly revealed, "The modern evolution of the cannabis issue sees politicians playing it up for positive political capital. It makes sense. Nationally, increasing majorities of Americans favor legalization and in Pa we saw medical marijuana polling in the stratosphere of 90 percent."
Residents of the Commonwealth's largest city, Philadelphia, have been living with marijuana decriminalization for 18 months. The second largest city, Pittsburgh, has followed suit. With these two deep wells of Democratic voters it is not surprising to see blue candidates come out strongest on the issue.
"The legislation spells out how marijuana can be prescribed, who can have access to it in regards to certain medical conditions, penalties and establishes a medical marijuana research program, among other things. The act does not permit the smoking of medical marijuana but permits it is be dispensed in a pill, oil or topical form, such as vaporization or nebulization, tincture or liquid," according to a news report published by Republicanherald.
To purchase medical marijuana in Pennsylvania, the patient must have a serious medical condition or who are terminally ill and meet requirements for medical marijuana. There are 17 serious medical conditions that qualify including HIV, AIDS, cancer, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. A certification must be issued to the patient. The patient must apply to the state Department of Health for an identification card. Dispensaries will then sell the marijuana.
According to a report in Toledoblade by JIM PROVANCE, "Medical marijuana advocates Tuesday urged lawmakers to allow for home-growing to keep costs down and to provide a bridge for patients during the roughly two years between a law's passage and the first legal sale at a dispensary."
"Restricting patients to a dispensary with high overhead costs rather than the ability to have some home-grown increases the price of the medicine, making the medicine unaffordable for many of the patients," said Janet Breneman, a registered nurse speaking on behalf of the Ohio Cannabis Nurses Association.
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Full Article: Ohio: Advocates Urge Lawmakers To Allow For Home-Growing To Keep Costs Down
Author: Emma Tiller
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With House Bill 523, there would be a restriction on patient's access to pot to licensed retail dispensaries, though almost all the states with legal medical marijuana have permitted patients to grow some plants for self use.
Janet Breneman, a registered nurse speaking on behalf of the Ohio Cannabis Nurses Association, said that limiting patients to a dispensary through extreme costs instead of allowing them to have some home-grown would keep the price of the medicine high.
Breneman said that personal cultivation would permit patients not just with access to strains that are very useful for their health but also allow them to have the raw cannabis plant for juicing. She added that it would also let patients grow uncommon strains that couldn't be carried by dispensaries.
However, Nick Lashutka, president and CEO of the Ohio Children's Hospital Association, has requested the House Select Committee on Medical Marijuana for keeping the home-grown ban in place.
He said, "We feel that if home-grown were allowed to occur, it would have a significant child safety risk, and we've seen some of that evidence in other states that have gone down this path".
Countrywide Children's Hospital in Columbus has been involved actively in medical marijuana research linked to child epilepsy. However, Mr. Lashutka said it again that so far there hasn't been much proof backing marijuana effectiveness as medicine.
A report published in Philly revealed, "The modern evolution of the cannabis issue sees politicians playing it up for positive political capital. It makes sense. Nationally, increasing majorities of Americans favor legalization and in Pa we saw medical marijuana polling in the stratosphere of 90 percent."
Residents of the Commonwealth's largest city, Philadelphia, have been living with marijuana decriminalization for 18 months. The second largest city, Pittsburgh, has followed suit. With these two deep wells of Democratic voters it is not surprising to see blue candidates come out strongest on the issue.
"The legislation spells out how marijuana can be prescribed, who can have access to it in regards to certain medical conditions, penalties and establishes a medical marijuana research program, among other things. The act does not permit the smoking of medical marijuana but permits it is be dispensed in a pill, oil or topical form, such as vaporization or nebulization, tincture or liquid," according to a news report published by Republicanherald.
To purchase medical marijuana in Pennsylvania, the patient must have a serious medical condition or who are terminally ill and meet requirements for medical marijuana. There are 17 serious medical conditions that qualify including HIV, AIDS, cancer, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. A certification must be issued to the patient. The patient must apply to the state Department of Health for an identification card. Dispensaries will then sell the marijuana.
According to a report in Toledoblade by JIM PROVANCE, "Medical marijuana advocates Tuesday urged lawmakers to allow for home-growing to keep costs down and to provide a bridge for patients during the roughly two years between a law's passage and the first legal sale at a dispensary."
"Restricting patients to a dispensary with high overhead costs rather than the ability to have some home-grown increases the price of the medicine, making the medicine unaffordable for many of the patients," said Janet Breneman, a registered nurse speaking on behalf of the Ohio Cannabis Nurses Association.
News Moderator: Robert Celt 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Ohio: Advocates Urge Lawmakers To Allow For Home-Growing To Keep Costs Down
Author: Emma Tiller
Contact: NH Voice
Photo Credit: None found
Website: NH Voice
