The Utah Senate proved to be an easy lift for a pair of bills that would allow terminally ill people to try marijuana distributed by the state if doctors expect they’ll die within six months.
HB195 and HB197 represent the Legislature’s approach to marijuana, a federally illegal cannabis plant that 29 other states have legalized for medical use. SB130, meanwhile, would set up the regulatory framework for businesses to legally sell cannabidiol, or CBD, which unlike its cousin marijuana has no psychoactive ingredients.
The marijuana bills had struggled to get out of the House over concerns about flouting federal law.