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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Wednesday signed legislation to expand access to medical marijuana for students in schools<\/a>. Meanwhile, the governor\u2019s office told Marijuana Moment that he also plans to sign another bill that recently arrived on his desk to double the recreational cannabis possession limit in the state.<\/p>\n Current law gives principals discretion to set policies allowing or preventing schools to store and administer cannabis-based medicines. But under the new legislation Polis signed, that discretion is removed and school boards will be required to create policies on storage of cannabis medicines and allowing personnel to volunteer to possess and administer it to qualifying students who need it.<\/p>\n \u201cThis bill is a long time coming,\u201d the governor said at a signing ceremony. \u201cIt\u2019s also the culmination of communities coming together to make it happen\u2014make change.\u201d<\/p>\n Separately, lawmakers also recently sent a bill<\/a> to Polis\u2019s desk that would increase the lawful marijuana possession limit<\/a> for adults from one to two ounces.<\/p>\n \u201cThe governor intends on signing\u201d the legislation, Polis spokesperson Victoria Graham told Marijuana Moment in an email, though she didn\u2019t say when that might occur.<\/p>\n For now, the governor celebrated the student-based legislation, which he said would make it so \u201cschool nurses, teachers and other volunteers can\u2019t be discriminated against for stepping up to administer medical cannabis.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m pleased to sign this bill, which finally will treat cannabis the same way as other prescribed medicines,\u201d Polis said. \u201cI want to thank all those who put tireless and relentless work into this important step toward building and honoring legislative advocacy of the past\u2014 and, of course, with so many beneficiaries in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 SB 21-056 would impose a \u201cduty on school principals to create a written treatment plan for the administration of cannabis-based medicine and on school boards to adopt policies regarding actual administration,\u201d a summary of the bill<\/a> states.<\/p>\n Carly Wolf, state policies manager at NORML, told Marijuana Moment that, \u201clike conventional medications, students who rely on medical cannabis should never be denied access just because they are in a school setting. Now, students and their families will never be forced to choose between a child\u2019s health or their education.\u201d<\/p>\n But while advocates regard this as a step in the right direction, they\u2019re also eagerly awaiting the signing of legislation to increase the marijuana possession threshold for adults 21 and older in the state overall.<\/p>\n Beyond increasing the limit from one to two ounces, it would also require courts to approve requests to have prior records for cannabis possession sealed without consulting with a district attorney as long as the proper documentation is provided.<\/p>\n \u201cPassage of this legislation will ensure that many low-level offenders are not saddled with fines they cannot afford and that law enforcement can focus more of their resources on fighting legitimate crime, rather than interacting with otherwise law-abiding Coloradans because of a minor, nonviolent marijuana offense,\u201d Wolf said.<\/p>\n That policy change could have a significant impact on future gubernatorial pardons. Polis signed an executive order in October that\u00a0granted clemency to almost 3,000 people<\/a> convicted of possessing one ounce or less of marijuana. And while the legislation that enabled him to do that in an expedited way applied to possession cases involving up to two ounces, his office declined to pardon those with more than one ounce on their records because that amount violated the existing state law.<\/p>\n Minnesota Marijuana Legalization Bill Clears 11th House Committee On Path To The Floor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Photo courtesy of Mike Latimer.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Colorado Governor Signs Bill To Expand Medical Marijuana Access For Students In Schools<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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