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I Have Some Thoughts on This Biden Cannabis Play

Canna Law Blog

President Biden pardoned 6,500 people previously convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law. Again, Biden (and Kamala Harris ) should throw their shoulders into a federal legislative fix for the retrograde status of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). I’m going to break them down by category.

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Further Consideration of the STATES Act

Cannabis Law Report

Ron Paul (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced a bill to remove marijuana from the schedules entirely (“de-scheduling”). Both paths are complex processes in which scientific, medical, policy and political forces have influence. Similar bills have been introduced perennially since then, most recently by Rep. In 2011, Reps.

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