State House Vote On Medical Marijuana Expected

Voters legalized the drug for medical use in 2008, but there have been conflicts in the courts.

Legislation up for a vote today in the Republican-controlled House would create a tiered regulatory system.

A state license would be required to grow, process, sell, transport and test marijuana.

Dispensaries would pay a 3 percent tax on their gross retail income.

More than 211,000 qualifying patients now grow their own marijuana plants or obtain the drug from registered caregivers under the 2008 law.