Lawmakers tout psychedelic reform progress; Marijuana in the White House; DOJ cannabis prisoner report; MI sales
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Both the Democratic-controlled Senate Appropriations Committee and Republican-run House Appropriations Committee voted to keep blocking Washington, D.C. from legalizing marijuana sales. But the spending bills they approved also separately continue a rider protecting medical cannabis states from federal interference.
Bipartisan Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Lou Correa (D-CA) are celebrating the advancement of a psychedelics research provision in the National Defense Authorization Act—and Crenshaw says House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has committed to pushing to broaden its scope in negotiations with the Senate.
Several Republican lawmakers are outraged about reports that marijuana was found at the White House in addition to cocaine—with one congressman claiming the drugs endanger President Joe Biden’s
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