Colorado bill would require schools to allow medical marijuana

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There's a new push at the Colorado state capitol to allow disabled students to take medical marijuana while at school. As News5 has reported, no Colorado school districts have created medical marijuana policies even though "Jack's Law" passed in May of 2015.

Representative Jonathan Singer, wrote Jack's Law. He told News5 he's disappointed that districts still aren't allowing students that need medical cannabis to take it at school. He's considering new legislation that would make districts implement a medical marijuana policy.

"Instead of opening the doors to schools, and saying you can do this now, we're going to say you have to do this," Singer said. "You have to make reasonable accommodations for kids with serious medical issues."

Singer's sequel to Jack's Law would help students like Jackson Stormes. Cannabis is his only relief from severe seizures, and he hasn't been to school much at all this year.

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