(St. Louis)  --  Representative Kay Meiners of Kansas City has filed a bill similar to legislation passed in 13 other state that would allow some patients to use marijuana to treat side effects of chemotherapy, HIV-AIDS and multiple sclerosis.

   The bill would allow Missouri doctors to authorize their patients to use marijuana for their illnesses.

   Proponents of the bill argue that if doctors are already allowed to prescribe potentially addictive painkillers, they should be allowed to prescribe marijuana.


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