Congressional Committee Directs Federal Agencies To Study State Marijuana Laws

Congressional Committee Directs Federal Agencies To Study State Marijuana Laws

A key congressional committee issued a directive this week for federal agencies to study the “adequacy” of state marijuana laws and to assess methods for “preventing diversion of state legal cannabis product into jurisdictions that do not permit the use of cannabis.” The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved spending legislation and related reports, one of which contains the marijuana provisions. The draft report attached to the F…

U.S. House Committee Approves Federal Review of Legal Marijuana States

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information (Photo credit: Leafly). A U.S. House committee has approved language calling for a new federal review of how states regulate marijuana, marking another sign that Congress is being forced to reckon with the growing divide between federal prohibition and the reality of legalization across much of the country. The provision was approved by the House Appropriations Committee as part of a committe…