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- Poll Finds 52% Of Ky. Adults Favor Legalizing Medical Marijuana
A slight majority of Kentuckians favor allowing the use of medical marijuana in Kentucky, according to the latest Bluegrass Poll by SurveyUSA for four Kentucky news media outlets. The poll from Jan. 30 through Feb. 4 found that 52 percent of Kentucky...
- In Bipartisan Way, Political Leaders Push Passage Of 'pill Mill' Bill
A bipartisan group of political leaders issued a call today "to pass a bill that will help the state battle one of its most significant threats ? prescription drug abuse," a press release from Gov. Steve Beshear's office said. Beshear, Attorney General...
- Beshear Signs First Bill Of Session; Optometrists Will Benefit
Gov. Steve Beshear has signed legislation that will significantly increase the scope of care optometrists can provide, making it the first bill to become law in this session of the General Assembly. "Access to quality health care is a critical issue...
- Sponsor Of Meds-for-meth Bill Now Willing To Accept Compromise Excluding Gel Capsules And Liquids
Legislators wanting to pass a bill that would make the key component to make methamphetamine available only by prescription are now willing to make a concession that they would not accept last week. House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, said "supporters...
- Optometrists' Well-financed Bill Is First To Clear General Assembly
The bill that would significantly increase the care optometrists can provide passed the House Friday morning by a 81-14 vote. The bill, which now heads to Gov. Steve Beshear's desk, is the first this session to clear both houses of the General Assembly, The...
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Beshear signs bill allowing limited use of oil extracted from marijuana to treat children's seizures
Gov. Steve Beshear has signed into law a bill allowing doctors at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, or those conducting a clinical trial approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to prescribe a marijuana extract to treat seizures in young people.
Senate Bill 124 was sponsored by retiring Sen. Julie Denton, R-Louisville, who said its passage was unimaginable a decade ago, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. The General Assembly rejected legislation to authorize medical use of marijuana, but legislators and the Beshear administration agreed to SB 124 because tearful parents testified for the bill and cannabidiol contains none of marijuana's psychoactive ingredient.
"Both our law enforcement leaders and our drug policy director worked with the legislators on this bill, and they gave the bill their support," Beshear said in a press release. "Because the bill has been carefully constructed to require that any prescriptive recommendation for the oil can come only from physicians at the state?s research universities or through an FDA clinical trial, I am confident that this law will provide the relief that these families seek, without creating complications for our law enforcement community.?
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| Denton (Herald-Leader photo) |
"Both our law enforcement leaders and our drug policy director worked with the legislators on this bill, and they gave the bill their support," Beshear said in a press release. "Because the bill has been carefully constructed to require that any prescriptive recommendation for the oil can come only from physicians at the state?s research universities or through an FDA clinical trial, I am confident that this law will provide the relief that these families seek, without creating complications for our law enforcement community.?
- Poll Finds 52% Of Ky. Adults Favor Legalizing Medical Marijuana
A slight majority of Kentuckians favor allowing the use of medical marijuana in Kentucky, according to the latest Bluegrass Poll by SurveyUSA for four Kentucky news media outlets. The poll from Jan. 30 through Feb. 4 found that 52 percent of Kentucky...
- In Bipartisan Way, Political Leaders Push Passage Of 'pill Mill' Bill
A bipartisan group of political leaders issued a call today "to pass a bill that will help the state battle one of its most significant threats ? prescription drug abuse," a press release from Gov. Steve Beshear's office said. Beshear, Attorney General...
- Beshear Signs First Bill Of Session; Optometrists Will Benefit
Gov. Steve Beshear has signed legislation that will significantly increase the scope of care optometrists can provide, making it the first bill to become law in this session of the General Assembly. "Access to quality health care is a critical issue...
- Sponsor Of Meds-for-meth Bill Now Willing To Accept Compromise Excluding Gel Capsules And Liquids
Legislators wanting to pass a bill that would make the key component to make methamphetamine available only by prescription are now willing to make a concession that they would not accept last week. House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, said "supporters...
- Optometrists' Well-financed Bill Is First To Clear General Assembly
The bill that would significantly increase the care optometrists can provide passed the House Friday morning by a 81-14 vote. The bill, which now heads to Gov. Steve Beshear's desk, is the first this session to clear both houses of the General Assembly, The...