Colorado Pot-In-Schools Bill Awaits Governor's Pen
DENVER (AP) — Colorado schools would be required to allow medical marijuana use under a bill awaiting the governor's pen.
Gov. John Hickenlooper says he supports the school requirement.
Senators voted 35-0 Tuesday in favor of the bill. It makes Colorado the second state to require schools to accommodate student pot use.
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The bill says schools must permit non-smokeable marijuana medicines at school, as long as and the drug is administered by a parent or adult caregiver. Students could not administer the drug themselves.
The bill gives schools an option not to comply if they lose federal funding because of allowing medical marijuana.
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