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Romney and Wilson split on Utah’s medical marijuana initiative, Medicaid expansion and the future of U.S. health care
By Benjamin Wood
· Published: September 24
Updated: September 24, 2018
No matter who wins Utah’s U.S. Senate race in November, the Beehive State will have an advocate in Washington, D.C., for moving marijuana off the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances, a designation that cannabis now shares with heroin, LSD and ecstasy.
Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Jenny Wilson told The Salt Lake Tribune that reclassification of marijuana is needed to facilitate research and use of cannabis products as a medical treatment.
“Let’s take this off the category one designation and let it be evaluated through a normal FDA-type process,†Romney said, referring to the Food and Drug Administration.
Read more at: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/09/24/romney-wilson-split-utahs/ (https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/09/24/romney-wilson-split-utahs/)
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Mitt who?
Yeah, I think I remember that guy.