Medical marijuana is legal, public health and border laws

Medical marijuana is legal and on the way in Ohio, possibly pending in West Virginia.

Will patients be able to take their prescribed pot across the borders without getting arrested?

13 news looked at the two state’s laws pertaining to patient possession and public health

Should West Virginia legalize medical marijuana?

While legislators debated pot pros and con’s in Charleston, mountain staters in Huntington we talked to leaned pro.

Kristi Hamm said. “They get it illegally anyway so we should get tax money off legalizing marijuana”

From Jake Hernandez, “It will take the money away from Big Pharma working to hook us on opioids.”

And Taylor Cater told 13 News, “As long as it is prescribed by a doctor and proved to be effective I don’t see why it should not be legal here”

If West Virginia legalizes medical marijuana, it will be the responsibility of city and county health departments to educate the public on the proper usage of this newly legalized drug

Cabell-Huntington health dept. physician director Michael Kilkenny said some already legal cannabis based drugs help curb chemotherapy nausea and cancer pain.