Bill in Congress right now to LEGALIZE Medical Marijuana in America

PassTheGrass · Mar 28, 2015

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Bipartisan medical marijuana legislation is picking up steam on Capitol Hill.
On Monday, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), joined by Rep. Don Young (R-AK), introduced a bill that would effectively end the federal government's war on medical marijuana.
The legislation, dubbed the â€˜â€˜Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2015'' or CARERS Act, is identical to a Senate bill of the same name that was introduced by a bipartisan trio of lawmakers earlier this month.
The proposal would reschedule marijuana, allow banks to provide financial services to state-legal cannabis businesses, lift restrictions on marijuana research, allow for the interstate importation of CBD-rich strains and allow V.A. doctors to recommend medical cannabis to military veterans, among other changes.
In remarks submitted for the Congressional Record, Cohen referred to polls showing that an overwhelming majority of Americans supports medical marijuana. â€œ86 percent of Americans rarely agree on anythingâ€¦ It is long overdue for our federal law to reflect the common sense views of 86 percent of Americans and stop adding to the suffering of those with horrible illnesses.â€
In a press release, Young said, â€œThe topic of medical and recreational marijuana has always been an issue of states' rights for me, a position based upon a strong belief in the 10th Amendment and the principals of federalism established by our Founders.â€
Since the Senate bill's introduction by Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rand Paul (R-KY), it has picked up two additional sponsors, Sens. Dean Heller (R-NV) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA).
There were at least 15 separate pieces of marijuana reform legislation introduced in the U.S. House during the last Congressional session, and many of those bills narrowed in on one roadblock or another the federal government has erected in the way of state marijuana laws. CARERS, by contrast, is comprehensive and aims to eliminate most of these federal hurdles, at least for medical cannabis, in one fell swoop.
It remains to be seen whether the proposal will be brought to a vote in either chamber, though recent legislative history suggests that it would have a good chance of passing if leadership did allow it to move forward. Last year, cannabis reformers won five bipartisan votes in a row on the floor of the Republican-controlled House, most notably the passage, by a vote of 219-189, of an amendment that prevents the Department of Justice from spending money to interfere with state medical marijuana laws. The Senate, on the other hand, has never considered medical marijuana reform legislation.
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