When you think of the people we’re trying to help by legalizing medical cannabis in this state, think of the cancer patient trying to fight through rounds of chemotherapy.
Think of the cerebral palsy patient for whom medical marijuana can help fend off seizures. Think of the multiple sclerosis patient who uses it to walk and function.
Unfortunately, those patients risk having their plights obscured by what could be the first, highly public test of Utah’s new medical cannabis law involving Bryan Melchior.
He’s the owner of the Utah Gun Exchange and is now facing charges of intent to distribute marijuana and a handful of weapons violations after police searched his home in November and found a pound of marijuana, other THC products and some 30 firearms.