HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Parents who say a marijuana oil extract might save the lives of their seizure-wracked children threatened Monday to hold a sit-in at Gov. Tom Corbett’s offices until he meets with them in their quest to get the substance legalized.
Family members and a state lawmaker who is sponsoring a state Senate bill, Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery, announced their intentions at a Capitol news conference. They want a meeting date set by the end of Friday, or they vow to go to his Capitol offices and stay until he agrees to meet, they said.
The governor’s office said Monday that Corbett and his staff have met with families on the issue, as well as Leach’s co-sponsor, Sen. Mike Folmer, R-Lebanon.
But Corbett, a Republican, believes federal drug regulators, not states, should be making such policy decisions, spokesman Jay Pagni said. Corbett also has directed his physician general to work with families and be their contact in the administration, he said.
A spokesman for leaders of the state House Republican majority on Monday echoed Corbett’s sentiments on preferring the federal government to take the lead on pharmaceutical policy.
At the news conference, grandfather Tom Nadzam, 68, of Levittown, addressed Corbett in his comments and asked him to support the bill sponsored by Folmer and Leach and to fight for it.
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