Senate rejects medical cannabis

The Kansas Senate rejects an attempt to dislodge a medical marijuana bill stuck in a committee. The Sunflower state is bracketed by recreational pot markets in Missouri and Colorado.

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April 29, 2024 - 3:40 PM

Sen. Cindy Holscher, a Democrat, said she was disappointed the Kansas Senate declined to allow a medical marijuana bill to be pulled from committee to the full Senate for debate. Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Republican members of the Kansas Senate crushed with a boot heel Friday an attempt to breathe life into legislation creating the state regulatory framework for cultivation, distribution and use of medical cannabis.

The Senate has been the stumbling block since the Kansas House approved a medical marijuana bill in 2021 that wasn’t allowed to come to a vote by Senate leadership.

In 2023, a bill was introduced in the Senate to make cannabis products available for medical use. Senate Bill 135 received two days of hearings in the 2023 session, but was idled by…

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