For the first time in a decade, a proposed bill legalizing the use of cannabis flower for medicinal purposes has passed a Minnesota Senate committee.
Advocates for the bill think it will eventually gain full approval from the Senate.
Patrick McClellan told he was surprised the bill passed on a unanimous vote in the Senate's Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee on March 1.
"I could never have imagined that it would pass with a unanimous vote," McClellan said. "I believe this is a historic moment in the Minnesota medical cannabis program, and it moves us one step closer to actually fixing what has been broken for years."
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