Medical Marijuana Debate Continues
WASHINGTON STATE -- Police and medical marijuana patients both say they have problems with a new bill intended to reform the state's pot laws. The bill to license marijuana dispensaries and register patients was debated in Olympia this week.
State Senator and former Richland Police officer Jerome Delvin told KEPR he disagrees with the part of the bill that would fine police officers if they don't ask for a patient's registration card.
Medical marijuana patients told KEPR they wouldn't trust the new registration system. "There's a lot of good in the bill but the bad is so glaringly bad that it can't be overlooked or compromised on. I can count on both hands the number of people I've talked to in the state in the past fifteen years that believe a state run registry is a good idea," says medical marijuana patient and advocate Chet Biggerstaff.
State Senator Delvin says medical marijuana can either remain underground or come out in the open and be regulated. He co-sponsored the bill, but says it's a "work in progress."
State Senator and former Richland Police officer Jerome Delvin told KEPR he disagrees with the part of the bill that would fine police officers if they don't ask for a patient's registration card.
Medical marijuana patients told KEPR they wouldn't trust the new registration system. "There's a lot of good in the bill but the bad is so glaringly bad that it can't be overlooked or compromised on. I can count on both hands the number of people I've talked to in the state in the past fifteen years that believe a state run registry is a good idea," says medical marijuana patient and advocate Chet Biggerstaff.
State Senator Delvin says medical marijuana can either remain underground or come out in the open and be regulated. He co-sponsored the bill, but says it's a "work in progress."
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