Democrats Make New Pitch For Medical Marijuana

Two Madison area lawmakers are traveling across Wisconsin to try and get more people to support their bill to allow medical marijuana. For years, Democrats have brought people struggling with pain to the State Capitol for a news conference — and it has never helped, as majority Republicans have turned aside several efforts to allow pot for medicinal purposes. This time, Assembly Democrat Chris Taylor of Madison and Jon Erpenbach of Middleton are taking their case to the people. They were in La Crosse Tuesday, and they plan to be in Wausau and Green Bay today (Wednesday) and Milwaukee tomorrow (Thursday). They introduced their latest bill in February, and the G-O-P has not held hearings on it.