Tennessee Republicans are high on Colorado pot. Um, so to speak.

The Volunteer State’s House Republican Caucus is expected to push for legalized medical marijuana in its next session. In the past, the state’s media reports, it has been liberal Democrats who tried and failed to legalize weed. In the deeply red state, Hillary Clinton got just  34.9 percent of the vote last month.

Republican Rep. Jeremy Faison, a member of the National Rifle Association and a worship leader at his church, traveled from Rocky Top to the Rocky Mountains last summer to talk to former Tennesseans who have relocated to Colorado. Faison is reportedly passionate about legalization for its medical uses, especially for military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress.

The Nashville Tennessean newspaper reported on the trip:

“I just want to have the stuff to back it up and why we are losing Tennesseans to Colorado,” Faison said.

Faison began his interviews by talking to Rachael and Shawn Selmeskis, who said the quality of life of their daughter, Maggie, has dramatically improved since the couple moved to Colorado three years ago. The Selmeskis, who Faison described as “refugees from Greene County,” said their daughter began having seizures at six-weeks old. In an effort to stave off the young girl’s seizures, she began taking four different types of FDA-approved drugs a day. When the Selmeskis were told their daughter’s outlook did not look good, the family began considering other options.

“We continued to look more into this cannabis options,” Rachael Selmeski said. “We didn’t have time to wait for legislation to get on board.”

Tennessee Republicans helped pass a bill in 2015 to allow cultivation of industrial hemp for cannabidiol oil for treatment of seizures, pain and other conditions, which the Tennessean says has led to the creation of hemp farms across the state.