GOP Legislator Crossed State Lines for Medical Marijuana
Just over half the states in the union (and the District of Columbia) now have some form of decriminalized cannabis. But for medical marijuana patients living in a state not yet on that list, getting the medicine they need often means crossing state lines in violation of federal law. That’s exactly what one GOP lawmaker did to treat his cancer — and he says he’d do it again.
In 2014, CNN found at least 100 families in Colorado who had essentially “fled” there in order to ensure a regular supply of medical marijuana for a sick family member.
Mike Folmer is a Republican state senator from Pennsylvania. He’s also an admitted law-breaking marijuana refugee — and proud of it.
Folmer is one of the authors of Pennsylvania’s nascent medical-marijuana law, which went into effect earlier this year.
But that law hadn’t been written yet when he was diagnosed with...
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