A SPECIAL COMMITTEE HELD THEIR FIRST OF THREE MEETINGS WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 12, DISCUSSING IDEAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL IF IT PASSES. TESTIMONIES IN THE MEETING CONSISTED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE AGENCY AND THE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL MARIJUANA AUTHORITY OF OKLAHOMA.
FORMER TOPEKA POLICE CHIEF ED KLUMPP REPRESENTED LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE MEETING. HE SAWS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD LIKE TO SEE SEVERAL THINGS CLARIFIED IF THE BILL ADVANCES AND EVENTUALLY PASSES.
KANSAS IS ONE OF 13 STATES THAT DOES NOT LEGALIZE MARIJUANA MEDICINALLY NOR RECREATIONALLY. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY WHERE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL HEAR PUBLIC OPINIONS ON THE POSSIBLE LEGALIZATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
