United Patients Group Empowers Utah with Special Event to Create Awareness for Medical Cannabis
Utah has been slowly making progress towards bringing medical cannabis to patients in the state, and now organizations like the United Patients Group (UPG) are helping the effort to craft a new medical cannabis bill for Utah.
UPG is working with Utah Representative Gage Froerer and many other supporters to create a new medical cannabis bill that will help develop reliable regulations in the state. United Patients Group may not be based in Utah, but the organization sees a lot of potential to help bolster other state’s cannabis programs. The non-profit organization describes itself as “ . . . a California-based leader in medical cannabis information and education and is being sought out by local and state governments, healthcare org’s and others to give insight and perspective into more sensible, inclusive medical cannabis legislation.”
To jumpstart their work on making Utah the go-to state for medical cannabis patients, United Patients Group has also helped organize a new force to assist Utah in its journey towards medical cannabis with an advocacy group called The Utah Association for Responsible Cannabis Legislation. Along with Sacred Roots of Healing, the organizations will be putting on a special event to help create awareness for the need of medical cannabis in the state on Wednesday, October 12 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event, dubbed “Medical Cannabis: The Science. The Truth,” offers “an evening of information, education and awareness on the science of cannabinoid medicine, the national political climate and the potential benefits to the people of Utah.”
The community is ready for medical cannabis, with local polls reporting that two-thirds of Utahans support legalizing cannabis for medical use. So its local leaders such as Juanita Ramos, along with UPG, who will help make it happen. “Our mission is simple, to advocate direct and safe access of cannabinoid medicine for people who suffer from debilitating aliments,” Ramos said. “As lawmakers of Utah such as Representative Froerer seek to do what’s best for the citizens of our state, we felt it was time to bring in experts to separate fact from fiction, deliver that information to those in the trenches with the Utah patient-population, and ideally help educate our lawmakers to craft a more relevant and inclusive bill that will bring about options for health and healing.”
There will also be another event of the same name that is planned for Tuesday, November 15. For more information, visit unitedpatientsgroup.com for details on the event, as well as information on the organization’s many projects and where you can donate to help the cause.
