Post by Logan on Apr 20, 2016 5:47:35 GMT -6
Group behind medical marijuana initiative removed from legislative agenda
Members of a group trying to legalize medical marijuana and industrial hemp have been removed from the agenda of a state legislative committee that had been set to discuss their proposed initiative.
However, law enforcement and prosecutor groups are still listed on the agenda to testify on the issue.
State Sen. Leland Christensen, who said he removed the group from the agenda, said there will be an opportunity for representatives of the Wyoming chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws to speak in the public comment portion of the meeting.
“They’re not being shut out of it,” said Christensen, a Republican from Alta and chairman of the Joint Judiciary Committee. Christensen is running for Wyoming’s open seat in the U.S. House.
Michele Irwin of Green River and Frank Latta, a Republican from Gillette who served in the Wyoming House from 2003 to 2005, planned to talk about Wyoming NORML’s proposed initiative at the Joint Judiciary Committee meeting April 27 in Rock Springs. The group is collecting signatures in an attempt to get the Peggy A. Kelley Wyoming Cannabis Act on the ballot in 2018. The initiative would legalize medical marijuana and industrial hemp.
Read more: trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/group-behind-medical-marijuana-initiative-removed-from-legislative-agenda/article_be533b22-d15a-54d0-a536-624ad4c56a3b.html
Members of a group trying to legalize medical marijuana and industrial hemp have been removed from the agenda of a state legislative committee that had been set to discuss their proposed initiative.
However, law enforcement and prosecutor groups are still listed on the agenda to testify on the issue.
State Sen. Leland Christensen, who said he removed the group from the agenda, said there will be an opportunity for representatives of the Wyoming chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws to speak in the public comment portion of the meeting.
“They’re not being shut out of it,” said Christensen, a Republican from Alta and chairman of the Joint Judiciary Committee. Christensen is running for Wyoming’s open seat in the U.S. House.
Michele Irwin of Green River and Frank Latta, a Republican from Gillette who served in the Wyoming House from 2003 to 2005, planned to talk about Wyoming NORML’s proposed initiative at the Joint Judiciary Committee meeting April 27 in Rock Springs. The group is collecting signatures in an attempt to get the Peggy A. Kelley Wyoming Cannabis Act on the ballot in 2018. The initiative would legalize medical marijuana and industrial hemp.
Read more: trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/group-behind-medical-marijuana-initiative-removed-from-legislative-agenda/article_be533b22-d15a-54d0-a536-624ad4c56a3b.html