Rhode Island Senate to Vote on Medical Marijuana Bill Wednesday
Rhode Island Senate to Vote on Medical Marijuana Bill Wednesday PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND—The Senate will debate and vote on medical marijuana bill S.B. 710 on Wednesday, June 1, when the Senate begins session at 4:00 p.m.
S.B. 710 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee with a 9-2 vote on May 19. The legislation would protect seriously ill patients from arrest and imprisonment for using marijuana under the advice of their physicians. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Rhoda Perry (D-Providence) and has 11 cosponsors, including Senate Majority Leader Teresa Paiva-Weed (D-Newport) and Senate President Joseph Montalbano (D-North Providence).
A companion House bill, whose lead sponsor is Rep. Thomas Slater (D-10th House District), has 50 cosponsors and received a hearing in the House Health, Education and Welfare Committee on May 18. | WHAT: | Rhode Island Senate debate and vote on medical marijuana bill
S.B. 710 | | WHEN: | Wednesday, June 1, when the Senate begins session at
4:00 p.m. | | WHERE: | State House, Senate Chamber |
With more than 17,000 members and 120,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana—both the consumption of marijuana and the laws that are intended to prohibit such use. MPP believes that the greatest harm associated with marijuana is imprisonment. For more information, see http://www.MarijuanaPolicy.org. ####
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