A bill creating what's among the most limited medical cannabis programs in the country was introduced in the Kansas Statehouse after several years of failed attempts at creating a program.
Kansas is one of only 10 states that doesn't have either medical or recreational cannabis. The Kansas House passed a medical cannabis bill in 2021, but the Senate didn't take up the bill, and there hasn't been movement on the issue since.
Senate Bill 555, introduced in the Senate on Monday, would launch a pilot program for people with one of 16 medical conditions. The types of cannabis available, though, will be more limited than in other states that have created medical cannabis programs.
It won't allow people to consume cannabis through smoking, vaping, or flavored edibles but will allow people to purchase cannabis flowers, pills, tinctures, patches, and ointments. Pharmacies, not dispensaries, will be the way that cannabis flower is distributed in the state.
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