Known as Ryan’s Law, the Senate Bill 311 is named for late San Diego resident Ryan Bartell, who died in April of 2018, just weeks after being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He was 41.
His father, Jim Bartell, pushed for the law after facing an uphill battle to find a facility that would allow his son to use cannabis, in the end taking Ryan to a care center in Washington where he was able to once again engage with his family after being relieved of the clouded condition caused by his heavy pain medication.
“My hope is that my saddest moment will be made less painful by ensuring that Ryan’s Law will allow thousands of other terminally-ill patients to live their final days with the quality and dignity that he was able to experience by using medical cannabis instead of sleep-inducing opioids like fentanyl,” said Jim Bartell, who is sponsoring the legislation, in a news release.
A previous version of the bill also authored by Sen. Ben Hueso, a democrat from San Diego, passed both houses back in 2019 but Gov. Gavin Newsom “begrudgingly” vetoed the legislation, citing concerns about hospital funding due to the federal prohibition on…
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Known as Ryan’s Law, the Senate Bill 311 is named for late San Diego resident Ryan Bartell, who died in April of 2018, just weeks after being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He was 41.
His father, Jim Bartell, pushed for the law after facing an uphill battle to find a facility that would allow his son to use cannabis, in the end taking Ryan to a care center in Washington where he was able to once again engage with his family after being relieved of the clouded condition caused by his heavy pain medication.
“My hope is that my saddest moment will be made less painful by ensuring that Ryan’s Law will allow thousands of other terminally-ill patients to live their final days with the quality and dignity that he was able to experience by using medical cannabis instead of sleep-inducing opioids like fentanyl,” said Jim Bartell, who is sponsoring the legislation, in a news release.
A previous version of the bill also authored by Sen. Ben Hueso, a democrat from San Diego, passed both houses back in 2019 but Gov. Gavin Newsom “begrudgingly” vetoed the legislation, citing concerns about hospital funding due to the federal prohibition on…
