Ala. House panel votes 'no' on medical marijuana | News

MONTGOMERY, AL (AP)- An Alabama House committee has defeated a bill that would have legalized the sale of medical marijuana.

The committee voted 12-2 against the bill by Democratic Rep, Patricia Todd of Birmingham.

Todd told committee members that marijuana can ease the pain of
people suffering from cancer or other diseases. She said the image of
someone toking on a joint is not always accurate with medical marijuana
which is often taken in pill form or in food. To illustrate the
different ways to take marijuana, Todd brought committee members
brownies, but assured them they contained no marijuana.

Committee members had little to say before voting to kill the bill.
Todd said marijuana is safer than other pain reducing drugs like
morphine.

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