{"id":1303455,"date":"2019-02-09T06:42:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T13:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=446718"},"modified":"2019-02-09T06:42:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T13:42:02","slug":"colorado-house-oks-bill-on-medical-marijuana-use-for-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/colorado-house-oks-bill-on-medical-marijuana-use-for-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado House OKs bill on medical marijuana use for autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER (AP) \u2014 Colorado\u2019s House has passed a bill allowing medical marijuana use to treat autism spectrum disorders.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leg.colorado.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2019A\/bills\/2019a_1028_ren.pdf\">bill<\/a>\u00a0had strong bipartisan support, passing 63-0 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate is expected to do the same, and Gov. Jared Polis has pledged to sign it.<\/p>\n<p>Autism spectrum disorders include autism, Asperger syndrome and other developmental disorders whose symptoms range from mild to severe.<\/p>\n<p>Current law allows medical marijuana use for cancer, glaucoma, HIV, PTSD, seizures and severe pain.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation streamlines procedures for minors to be added to Colorado\u2019s medical marijuana registry. It also encourages state research into ovarian cancer, dementia and other medical conditions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"single-mid-script\" class=\"p402_hide\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories For You<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then-Gov. John Hickenlooper vetoed a similar bill last year. He cited a need for more research into marijuana\u2019s benefits for patients with an autism spectrum disorder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/marijuana\/colorado-house-oks-bill-on-medical-marijuana-use-for-autism\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Vail Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER (AP) \u2014 Colorado\u2019s House has passed a bill allowing medical marijuana use to treat autism spectrum disorders. The\u00a0bill\u00a0had strong bipartisan support, passing 63-0 on Thursday. The Senate is expected to do the same, and Gov. Jared Polis has pledged to sign it. Autism spectrum disorders include autism, Asperger syndrome and other developmental disorders whose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1303455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 02:13:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1303455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1303455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1303455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1303455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}