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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 U.S. Reps: Feds shouldn't meddle with state medical pot programs 🌿U.S. Reps: Feds shouldn't meddle with state medical pot programs
The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday approved a measure that prevents the federal government from meddling with state medical marijuana programs, advocates said.
An amendment to the House version of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, prohibits the U.S. Justice Department — including the Drug Enforcement Administration — from using federal money to meddle with state laws that allow the farming and selling of medical marijuana, advocates said.
“Votes in support of rolling back the federal government’s war on medical marijuana are beginning to become routine. Last year, passing this amendment was unprecedented. This year, it was predictable. Medical marijuana has gone from ‘controversial’ to ‘conventional’ on Capitol Hill,” Dan Riffle, director of federal policies for the Marijuana Policy Project, said in a statement.
“This is an important amendment because it addresses the tension between state and federal marijuana law. We welcome...
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