Attention, Texas Legislature: Cannabis is `serious medicine,´ say Baker Institute experts
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The Texas Legislature can provide justified relief, help reduce the opioid epidemic and save the state millions of dollars by providing regulated and safe access to medical cannabis for people with demonstrated need, according to drug policy experts at Rice University`s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Credit: 123RF.com/Rice University William Martin, the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Senior Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at the Baker Institute and director of its Drug Policy Program, and Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy at the institute, outline their insights in a new report, The report is one of two on marijuana legislation issued by the...