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Patients: Medical marijuana not foothold for recreation

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 03/26/2015 - 08:00

AUSTIN -- Medical marijuana advocates are stepping up the pressure on lawmakers this week.

The 84th Texas Legislature has seen an unprecedented number of marijuana-related bills, leading advocates for medical marijuana to draw distinctions between bills that would support medicinal use versus those that would affect recreational use. For that purpose, dozens of patients and medical marijuana advocates gathered at the Texas Capitol on Wednesday to highlight their cause.

"Our job today and tomorrow is to convince Republicans and any other conservative, even Democrats, that this is not a step towards recreational," Mothers Advocating Medical Marijuana for Autism (MAMMA) President Amy Lou told the gathering. "This is purely for patients that do not deserve to be criminals."

Patients in particular have been meeting privately with members of the legislature on a weekly basis. Cecilia Castenda Williams, recently diagnosed with Huntingon's Disease, spent Wednesday sharing her story with representatives in a...

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