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McCarthy, of Mineola, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. She serves on the House Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Education and the Workforce. McCarthy announced in early 2014 that she would not seek re-election to her post.
While I am in favor of enabling patients suffering from various ailments to use medicinal marijuana to ease pain and lessen symptoms, essential steps must first be taken to establish comprehensive oversight, supervision and regulation by doctors and medical experts.
I would like to emphasize that we look into how the term, “chronically ill” is used in any proposed legislation. There are some conditions that technically are not categorized as “chronic,” for which regulated medicinal marijuana usage has immensely benefited patients based on significant medical research.
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