U.S. HEMP AND MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION NEAR: H.R.1227 – Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017 – Senate Passes Bipartisan Farm Bill To Legalize Industrial Hemp Production TEXT(s) {6-28-18}
Marijuana is legal in 30 U.S. States. 20 for Medical Purposes and 10 for Recreational use.
There are 40+ cannabis-related bills floating around the House of Representatives, along with countless others in the Senate, by both parties. The U.S. President is onboard!
Gallup Polls put support for recreational legalization at 64 percent among US adults late last year. Medical marijuana legalization is favored even more — polling as high as the 80s.
The President says he is likely to support Congress in ending blanket federal ban on marijuana.
How Congress Is Trying to Make Weed Legal
From decriminalization to opening up the banking industry, both sides of Congress are preparing cannabis bills – but with much different approaches
Over the past decade, marijuana legalization has happened at break-neck speed at the state and local level. And yet, pot-related reforms have moved glacially at the federal level, especially since prohibitionist Jeff Sessions was confirmed as attorney general.
But his staunch opposition and attempt to roll back Obama-era protections for local marijuana businesses has actually attracted new support to a flurry of marijuana related bills that have been picking up support in this Congress.
There are more than 40 cannabis-related bills floating around the House of Representatives alone in this Congress, along with countless others in the Senate. That’s a hard map to navigate, so below is Rolling Stone’s guide to the kinds of marijuana bills that have the most support from Democrats and Republicans alike.
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Straight Decriminalization:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer turned heads last month when he endorsed marijuana decriminalization, but he was slow to get to the party. Vermont’s Bernie Sanders was there before him, along with most every Democratic senator floated as a potential 2020 presidential contender, including Sens. Cory Booker (NJ), Kamala Harris (CA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (NY).
Still, the statement from Schumer – who has long vocally opposed recreational marijuana – was witnessed as a dramatic move and is expected to trickle down the ballot to people running for Congress across the nation.
“This is something that is long overdue, and I would hope to see it happen,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018, which has support from some of the staunchest conservatives in the Capitol. Like the veterans bill, it simply allows more research to be done.
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