Republican lawmaker Jim Lucas of Seymour Indiana is planning to introduce a bill during the upcoming legislative session to legalize medical marijuana in the state of Indiana.
Seymour has said he has every “every intention of introducing a bill that legalizes medical marijuana.”
“I can’t comprehend how we can deny people something that provides them with relief that’s not addictive and is not killing anyone when we know for a fact that prescription opioids are killing people,” he said.
“I still have a lot to learn on this,” he said. “Right now, I’m drinking from a fire hose, reaching out to credible groups and individuals.”
He would be the first lawmaker that is a Republican to formally introduce a bill in the last five years.
“I understand this is going to be a minefield,” Lucas said. “My plan is to make this such an issue with the media and the people that the state will be forced to give it a proper hearing.”
