Senate's old guard just says 'no' to pot overhaul
When it comes to overhauling pot policy in the U.S. Senate, the young pols are running headfirst into the old guard.
A high-wattage trio of junior senators — Democrats Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand plus GOP presidential contender Rand Paul — is mounting an ambitious effort to have the federal government bless the use of marijuana in the 24 jurisdictions (23 states and the District of Columbia) that have voted to legalize the drug for medical purposes. Their legislation would also allow banks to handle transactions involving marijuana and force the federal government to recognize that marijuana has a medical use, rather than lumping it in with heroin and LSD.
The bill comes at a moment of swift change in public opinion about marijuana laws and movement in many states to legalize the drug for medicinal and, in some cases, recreational purposes.
But the Senate Judiciary Committee is...
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