Legislative leaders are setting up a special committee to examine whether medical marijuana should be legalized in Tennessee. The panel that is being appointed by House Speaker Beth Harwell and Senate Speaker Randy McNally includes eight Republicans and two Democrats. The panel is co-chaired by Rep. Jeremy Faison and Sen. Steve Dickerson, two Republicans who this year sponsored unsuccessful medical marijuana legislation. The committee can only make recommendations, and next year is the earliest legislation could be taken up. Harwell, who is running for governor next year, says that her views on the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes has changed since her sister used it in place of opioids to treat pain from a broken back.