New in Congress:
A marijuana states’ bill of rights
at: SeattlePI
A bipartisan, liberal-libertarian coalition in Congress is backing
legislation that would amend the federal Controlled Substances Act so
that anyone acting in compliance with a state marijuana legalization or
medical marijuana law would be immune from federal criminal prosecution.
....
The new H.R. 1523, the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act, would
immunize not only individual marijuana users, but also medical and
non-medical marijuana businesses operating in states where they are
legal.
“This bipartisan bill represents a common-sense approach that
establishes federal government respect for all states’ marijuana laws:
It does so by keeping the federal government out of the business of
criminalizing marijuana activities in states that don’t want it to be
criminal,” said Rohrabacher, in a classic conservative framing of the
argument.
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After 40 years of the “War on Drugs,” and billions of dollars spent, the
public appears to believe this is no longer a war worth fighting. The
latest Pew Research poll found that six in ten Americans believe the
federal government should butt out of enforcing federal marijuana laws
in states where cannabis is legal for medical or recreational use.
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