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Medical Marijuana Bill Heads To Pawlenty's Desk

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May 18, 2009 9:11 pm US/Central

Medical Marijuana Bill Heads To Pawlenty's Desk

ST. PAUL (AP) ― A bill to allow medical use of marijuana for terminally ill patients is headed for Gov. Tim Pawlenty's desk.

The bill cleared the House 70-64 and later passed the Senate 38-28.

House lawmakers amended the legislation to restrict medical marijuana to terminally ill patients with severe symptoms.

The Senate accepted the changes, which made the bill stricter than the Senate version.

Debate in both chambers split Republicans and Democrats, with politicians of both parties on both sides of the issue.

Pawlenty is likely to veto the bill. He has said he shares law enforcement concerns about expanded drug use.


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The issue pits those suffering or dying from cancer, AIDS and other diseases against worries from law enforcement that easing marijuana regulations would lead to more crime and drug abuse.



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