This week a bipartisan bill is set to be introduced to a Tennessee General Assembly that will allow the studying of medical marijuana.

The bill would allow the Tennessee Department of Health to perform a study on licensing and the regulation of cannabis for medical use by the state’s health departments and medical licensing boards.

The report would need to be completed and presented to both houses by December 15, 2021.

Senator Becky Duncan Massey (R-Knoxville) and Representative Bryan Terry (R-Murfreesboro) co-sponsored SB0667/HB 0880 in their respective houses, and it has also received democratic support.

Earlier this month a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Tennessee cleared a Senate committee but the panel rejected a separate proposal that would have simply required regulators to study the prospect of eventually enacting the reform if federal law changed.

The first bill was approved by the Senate Government Operations Committee in a 6-2 vote and has now been advanced to the Judiciary Committee for consideration.
The bill would allow patients with qualifying conditions to possess and purchase cannabis from licensed dispensaries.

Marijuana products may not be used for smoking or vaping, nor could they be infused into food items.

A medical cannabis commission would be established to issue licenses and set out regulations for the program.

“We should not be making criminals out of people who need help with their health treatment and they want to be addicted to opioids,” Bowling said.

Under the committee-approved legalization bill, there would be a nine percent sales tax on cannabis products, with local jurisdictions being authorized to tack on an additional tax of up to 2.1 percent.


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