Former DEA head on marijuana move; German legalization step 2; TX voters reject decrim; GOP senator bashes Dems on cannabis; PA gov on rescheduling
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A new Congressional Research Service report analyzes the legal implications of marijuana rescheduling—including how the reform would ease industry taxes but would not bring state-regulated cannabis markets “into compliance” with federal law.
Former Drug Enforcement Administration head Asa Hutchinson said the agency’s move to reschedule marijuana “reflects the reality” of public support for reform and will make it “easier to study” cannabis—though he says “we should not legalize it.”
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said marijuana is a “gateway drug” and that Democrats’ moves to legalize it amount to “pro-criminal, anti-American policies” that will “stimulate more crime on American streets.” He also argued that cannabis banking legislation
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