NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill asking for the Tennessee Department of Health to study the use of medical marijuana advanced in the Senate on Wednesday.
The bill, SB 2334, was introduced on Feb. 4 by Sen. Steven Dickerson, R-Nashville. It would require the state department to study licensing and regulating medical marijuana. The department would need to report its findings to the General Assembly by Dec. 15.
A sister bill, HB 2454, was also introduced by Representative Bryan Terry on Feb. 4. The House Health Committee is set to take it up next week. Dickerson is also a physician.
Terry is also a physician, with an M.D. from the Oklahoma College of Medicine. Dickerson also has an M.D. Wake Forest University, according to their profiles on the legislature website