Arizona lawmaker retracts proposed medical marijuana bill
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“It will never be heard by a committee,” Lawrence said. “It will never see the light of day.”
HCR 2019 proposed two issues that posed a major threat to cardholders, including price increases and card renewals.
The bill required qualifying patients to renew their registry identification card every six months rather than the original requirement of once a year. Further, the bill would have taken away the rights of naturopathic and homeopathic physicians to prescribe medical marijuana as a useable medicine, according to the bill transcript.
Lawrence’s decision to hold the bill was in response to the number of phone calls he received about the initial proposal. The decision to...
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