A committee within West Virginia’s legislature is poised to consider medical marijuana reform.

, mpp.org

WCL News – The West Virginia Legislature Joint Committee on Health will hold its first public discussion Wednesday, November 20th on legislation it has been studying that would allow individuals with debilitating illness to use marijuana if their doctors recommend it. The meeting is scheduled for 12 p.m. ET in the House Chamber of the State Capitol.

“Marijuana has proven medical benefits, and seriously ill individuals should be able to use it without fear of arrest and prosecution,” said Marijuana Policy Project legislative analyst Matt Simon, a West Virginia native and graduate of West Virginia University. “We are pleased to see legislators are educating themselves on the issue, and we hope they will move forward with this compassionate and much-needed legislation.

“Seriously ill people in 20 states and our nation’s capital have the right to treat their conditions with medical marijuana,” Simon said. “West Virginians are just as deserving of legal and safe access to their medicine.”

WHAT: Public discussion on proposed legislation that would allow individuals with debilitating illness to use marijuana if their doctors recommend it

WHEN: Wednesday, November 20, 12 p.m. ET

WHERE: House Chamber, West Virginia State Capitol, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston

WHO: West Virginia Legislature Joint Committee on Health

– West Coast Leaf News Service