Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Middlesex) issued the following statement on legislation that would revise procedures and eligibility for the expungement of criminal records and expand access to medicinal cannabis:
“I thank the members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee for moving ahead with the Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act which makes medicinal cannabis more accessible to patients who could benefit from it.
“For many suffering from critical and chronic illnesses, increasing access to medical cannabis will mean the difference between being able to participate in life or having to suffer every day with intense pain and debilitating symptoms.