Article: SEN. KOHL-WELLES SUPPORTS MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL

Washington State Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-36h District, issued the following news release:

To a room packed with supporters and a number of opponents, Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, testified in favor of her medical marijuana bill in the House Health Care & Wellness Committee today. Senate Bill 6032 passed the Senate on March 14 on a 39-10 vote. Testifying with Kohl-Welles for the bill was Sen. Bob McCaslin, R-Spokane, whose first wife died following an eight-year fight with cancer.

"It is vital that the Legislature does everything in its power to eliminate the suffering that terminal patients go through to comfort them in their remaining days," McCaslin said. "Making marijuana ...

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