SB73: The Utah Medical Cannabis Act
This bill passed the Senate on a 17-12 vote but failed in a House committee on a 4-8 vote. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Senator Mark Madsen has sponsored legislation that would allow patients suffering from a few...
Fourth Poll Shows Majority Support for Medical Marijuana
A newly released Dan Jones poll shows sustained public support for legalizing medical marijuana. According to the poll, 61% of Utahns support legalization—with the strongest numbers coming in from senior citizens. These numbers...
Medical Marijuana Laws Don’t Lead to Increased Teen Use
A new study published in the Lancet medical journal—the most comprehensive study of its kind to date—looks at adolescent marijuana use in states with legalized medical marijuana from 1991 to 2014. Using annual, repeated...
A Conservative Case for Medical Cannabis
The following op-ed was published this weekend in the Salt Lake Tribune. In 1915 — 100 years ago — the Utah Legislature passed an omnibus narcotics bill that banned a lengthy list of substances including cocaine, heroin,...
Public Opinion Poll: Do Utahns Support Legalizing Medical Cannabis?
This poll of 400 likely voters was conducted Feb 26-28, 2015 and carries a +- 4.9 percentage points margin of error. Live callers conducted the interviews over both landline phones and cell phones. It was jointly sponsored by...
SB259: Legalizing Medical Cannabis in Utah
This bill failed in the Senate on a 14-15 vote. Libertas Institute supports this bill. In 1915, 100 years ago, the Utah legislature banned a wide range of drugs, including cannabis. At the same time, the law specifically...