NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Wednesday’s anticipated vote on the Tennessee medical cannabis bill has been pushed to next week.
The vote has been postponed twice since it passed in the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee in February.
The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Steve Dickerson (R-Nashville) and Rep. Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby), would allow Tennessee patients with specific health conditions access to safe, regulated medical cannabis oil-based manufactured products only.
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The proposal would not legalize recreational marijuana.
Tennessee patients with the certain health conditions would qualify, such as cancer; HIV/AIDS; Hepatitis C; ALS; PTSD; Alzheimer’s Disease; severe arthritis; Inflammatory Bowel Disease, including Chron’s Disease and ulcerative colitis; multiple sclerosis; Parkinson’s Disease; schizophrenia, and those suffering from seizures characteristic of epilepsy, among others.