Moving marijuana from schedule I to schedule III of the uniform controlled substances act.

Summary

The bill would move marijuana and its active compounds from Kansas' Schedule I to Schedule III under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. This change would reduce possession offenses to misdemeanors, with harsher penalties only for repeat offenders, and would allow an affirmative defense for patients using prescribed cannabidiol. The measure failed to advance and died in committee.

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