The issue focused on Senate Bill 595, legislation that seeks to legalize medical marijuana and expand access to a number of conditions in the state. The bill passed the Senate in December and would establish tax and fee programs that would be given to organizations that are directly involved in the program to give out in the community and set up court case defense lawyers for patients that need to use the program. The bill had already been approved in the Assembly by a vote of 80 to 19 in March.


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