Maryland’s governor has signed legislation to provide legal protections for veterinarians who recommend medical marijuana for animals.
Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Tuesday approved a pair of bills to make it so the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners cannot “suspend or revoke a license, reprimand or censure a licensee, or place a licensee on probation solely on the basis of the licensee discussing or recommending the use of cannabis…or a product that contains cannabidiol on an animal for potential therapeutic effect or health supplementation purposes.”
SB 54 from Sen. Clarence Lam (D) and HB 452 from Del. Michele Guyton (D) had both cleared each chamber of the legislature in unanimous votes this session.
The new law will take effect on October 1.
At the Senate bill’s hearing before the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee in February, Lam said the proposal came about from conversations he had with veterinarians.
“I’d heard from some vets who were concerned, because they had heard from animal owners or pet owners that some of their pets and animals were experiencing things like cancer,” he said, “and their veterinarians were not able to even discuss the options for cannabis use for those animals to be
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