COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) — A bill that would legalize medical cannabis in South Carolina passed the Senate Medical Affairs Committee Wednesday.
The legislation is headed to the Senate floor for debate there. Rosemary Wallace said she is hopeful this is the year the legislation passes.
Wallace is an Army veteran and lives in Rock Hill. She has medical marijuana cards from Colorado and Florida. She said, “This is my home why should I be in a state where I can’t get help in.”
She said medical cannabis helps with pain and helps her sleep at night. She said she advocates for medical marijuana to help fellow veterans dealing with PTSD.
Wallace said, “It works for me. I’m walking, living proof that cannabis does work.”
She watched on as the committee voted 9 to 5 to give the bill a favorable report.
Before that vote, the bill’s sponsor Senator Tom Davis (R-District 46) called the South Carolina Compassionate Care Act ‘the most conservative medical cannabis bill in the country’.
Davis said he’s been working on passing this legislation for 7 years. He said every step of the way, from seed to sale, is closely monitored.
Sen. Davis said, “Even though burning leaf is the most effective way of getting cannabis in your system. I took that out of the bill — you can’t smoke cannabis in this bill.”
According to Davis, under the bill doctors have to meet with patients in person before prescribing cannabis and check for a history…
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COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) — A bill that would legalize medical cannabis in South Carolina passed the Senate Medical Affairs Committee Wednesday.
The legislation is headed to the Senate floor for debate there. Rosemary Wallace said she is hopeful this is the year the legislation passes.
Wallace is an Army veteran and lives in Rock Hill. She has medical marijuana cards from Colorado and Florida. She said, “This is my home why should I be in a state where I can’t get help in.”
She said medical cannabis helps with pain and helps her sleep at night. She said she advocates for medical marijuana to help fellow veterans dealing with PTSD.
Wallace said, “It works for me. I’m walking, living proof that cannabis does work.”
She watched on as the committee voted 9 to 5 to give the bill a favorable report.
Before that vote, the bill’s sponsor Senator Tom Davis (R-District 46) called the South Carolina Compassionate Care Act ‘the most conservative medical cannabis bill in the country’.
Davis said he’s been working on passing this legislation for 7 years. He said every step of the way, from seed to sale, is closely monitored.
Sen. Davis said, “Even though burning leaf is the most effective way of getting cannabis in your system. I took that out of the bill — you can’t smoke cannabis in this bill.”
According to Davis, under the bill doctors have to meet with patients in person before prescribing cannabis and check for a history…
