Utah would become the 30th state to legalize medical marijuana under a pair of bills that would set up a state-run industry for people with terminal illness to access the federally illegal cannabis plant as a way to treat their symptoms.
A pair of bills would set up a framework where physicians or nurses recommend cannabis for patients and contractors for the state produce it. The bills would allow for a state-run dispensary to distribute only to people with a terminal illness, and would cap the number of patients.
“Other states have gone vastly further down the road than we have,” said Rep.