South Carolina: New Amendments To The South Carolina Compassionate Care Act To Make It Work For Patients

12 January 2017

WSOCTV reports….

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A bill expanding the use of medical marijuana has just been introduced in South Carolina, and on Tuesday supporters talked about why they are behind what’s being called the South Carolina Compassionate Care Act.

In 2014, South Carolina lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill allowing cannabis oil for medical use, but lawmakers didn’t realize interstate commerce laws wouldn’t let people bring it into the state.  Use was very limited, and many turned to black market suppliers to find the product.

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Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Columbia on Tuesday touted a new bill that would allow CBD oil, and some containing THC, to be grown, sold and used in the state, effectively expanding the use of doctor-prescribed medical marijuana in the state.

State Rep. Mandy Powers Norrell, of Lancaster, a co-sponsor of the bill, said the epidemic of addiction to painkillers makes medical marijuana an option to look at.

“When people have pain that won’t go away, if we put them on hydrocodone, oxycodone, or OxyContin, we are sending them on a path to opioid addiction,” Powers Norrell said.

The bill was pre-filed and could get a full hearing soon. Powers Norrell said it has wide support.

“The people who spoke today at the press conference could not be farther apart politically on just about every other issue that comes before the Legislature, and yet we’re coming together on this one,” she said.

Powers Norrell opposes legalizing recreational marijuana, and said this bill would not open the door to that.

Channel 9 reached out to several lawmakers Tuesday, trying to talk to someone who may be opposed to the bill. None were reached.

Full report  http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/medical-marijuana-bill-unveiled-in-south-carolina-legislature/483199310

Overview of the South Carolina Compassionate Care Act

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