On Thursday, December 14, 2017, members of Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes and Representative John Sims’ medical cannabis task force discussed the concepts of a legislative proposal for the 2018 legislative session. The legislation is anticipated to be bi-partisan. Grimes said this moment is a gut check for Kentucky, and every elected official has a duty to stand up now and work toward giving people access to medicine that can help them. According to reports from the Journal of the American Medical Association, opioid overdose deaths have decreased by 25% in states that have legalized medical marijuana.