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Medical marijuana bill to be introduced in Frankfort

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Sen. Perry B. Clark - (D) Louisville Sen. Perry B. Clark - (D) Louisville
The late Gatewood Galbraith, for whom the medical marijuana bill is named. The late Gatewood Galbraith, for whom the medical marijuana bill is named.

FRANKFORT, KY (WAVE) – Kentucky Sen. Perry B. Clark will introduce legislation on Thursday that would make marijuana a legal drug for doctors to prescribe.

The Louisville Democrat will hold a news conference at the Capitol Annex in Frankfort at 2 p.m. Thursday to introduce the Gatewood Galbraith Memorial Medical Marijuana Act. Clark will be joined at the news conference by Galbraith's daughter, Molly Galbraith, and other supporters of medical marijuana.

Gatewood Galbraith, a perennial candidate for governor of Kentucky and an outspoken proponent of the legalization of marijuana, privacy rights and other civil liberties died at his home near Lexington in January at the age of 64.

WAVE 3 will have complete coverage of the news conference today beginning on WAVE 3 News at 5.

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