One potential list of approved diseases or conditions eligible for the legal treatment of marijuana — specifically cannabidiol, or CBD, and not the psychoactive component of marijuana, called tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC — was expanded in a draft bill presented for a second time to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee on Wednesday.
Rep. Brad Daw, R-Orem, who is backing the proposal with Sen. Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City, said the issue of legalizing marijuana "is a big enough change in policy" that he expects intense debate during the upcoming session, which begins in January.
Daw said a favorable recommendation from the committee, which has heard countless hours of testimony on the issue, would "set the tone for the entire session."