Seen in the Courant:
A move to legalize marijuana for people suffering from certain medical problems cleared its first legislative hurdle today, giving hope to those who’ve been pushing for the bill for several years.
The Judiciary Committee voted 31-8 in favor of the legislation.[...]
In the bill, qualifying patients would be limited to growing no more than four marijuana plants, each having a maximum height of four feet. The plants must be grown in a secure, indoor facility.
The debilitating medical conditions covered by the bill include cancer, glaucoma, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord, epilepsy, cachexia or wasting syndrome.
As someone married to an individual who lives with excruciating, currently incurable pain, it’s nice to see the local legislators abandoning William Randolph Hurst’s biases in attempting to open up treatment options.