Efforts to legalize medical hashish in Kansas, one of many few remaining states the place it stays unlawful, have been thwarted for an additional yr.

On Friday, Republican state senators voted by 25 votes to 12 to dam plans to pressure a debate on medical hashish, regardless of widespread public help, the Related Press reported.

Republicans, which dominate the Senate by 29-11, have beforehand raised considerations in regards to the explosive development of the hashish trade in its neighbouring Oklahoma following the legalization of medical hashish in 2018, alleging that it led to a increase within the black market.

Cheryl Kumberg, a registered western Kansas nurse and president of the Kansas Hashish Coalition, stated Oklahoma’s issues stem from its lax legislation, and argued Kansas residents are already travelling to different states to deal with their medical points.

“It’s ridiculous,” she stated. “I can go 45 minutes a method, a pair hours within the different course, and you may simply use it nevertheless you need.”

Democratic State Senator Cindy Holscher added: “Over the previous three weeks, scores of Kansans have reached out to their senators voicing help for medical hashish as they’ve performed for almost the previous decade. Sadly, supporters have confronted many hurdles on this vital measure.”

Kansas stays certainly one of solely 12 US states to haven’t but legalized hashish for medical functions.

Not like different states, Kansas doesn’t permit voters to place proposed legal guidelines on the poll statewide, that means advocates will now have to attend till the subsequent legislative session to place ahead one other hashish reform invoice.