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Warren says bill would protect legal pot states from federal interference
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Will 2019 be the year that Congress blocks the federal government from enforcing prohibition in legal marijuana states? A bipartisan team of lawmakers in the House and Senate are optimistic that it will, and they introduced legislation on Thursday to accomplish that goal.
Representatives Earl Blumenauer and David Joyce filed the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act, appearing alongside cosponsors Representatives Barbara Lee and Joe Neguse at a press conference. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Gardner filed the Senate version of the bill.
The legislation would amend the Controlled Substances Act to protect people complying with state legal cannabis laws from federal intervention, and the sponsors are hoping that the bipartisan and bicameral nature of the bill will advance it through the 116th Congress.
President Trump voiced support for a previous version of the legislation last year.
FULL story: https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/marijuana/2019/04/04/warren-cosponsors-landmark-bill-protect-legal-marijuana-states-from-federal-interference/MG9GuqJH8FMMk99VkayUyI/story.html
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Senator Elizabeth Warren speaking to supporters in Salem, N.H. in March.