Senators will introduce a federal medical marijuana bill tomorrow
Kirsten Gillibrand, Rand Paul, and Cory Booker will introduce a Senate bill to legalize medical marijuana under federal law tomorrow, various outlets are reporting. This bill would mark an unprecedented push to legalize medical use drug on a federal level. We’ve seen a handful of states (and the nation’s capital) legalize recreational marijuana over the last two years, and about half the states have a medical marijuana program, but the proposal — called the “Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act” — would be the widest attempt at legalization yet.
The bill would be the first of its kind
Vox is reporting that the bill will also attempt to reclassify marijuana from Schedule 1 to 2. Schedule 1 drugs are…
Source:: The Verge
