Decriminalizing small amounts is a “quality of life issue” for people battling debilitating disease, he said. “There’s so much science now supporting cannabis as a medicine,” said Principal Chief Richard Sneed, who last month told Council the drug had done wonders for his son’s mental health issues where other interventions had failed. As police shooting victim Jason Harley Kloepfer’s sprawling federal lawsuit makes its way…Ĭouncil members who spoke in favor of the ordinance highlighted the medicinal benefits of marijuana, couching the vote as a step toward establishing a medicinal marijuana program on the Qualla Boundary.
