Medical marijuana bill advances in Senate with moving testimony
By Andy Birkey |
02.12.09 | 3:33 pm
It was tear-filled room at the Health, Housing and Family Security as Senators heard testimony about how medical marijuana had helped loved ones live in less pain during the last few days of their lives. But after those tears, the hearing devolved into a strange round of testimony as opponents pulled out all the stops to blame marijuana for higher crime and the downfall of the family, and one opponent testified that medical marijuana is a scheme by billionaire George Soros to make drugs legal.
