A GOP congressman says he will soon be reintroducing bipartisan legislation to protect state marijuana programs from federal interference—though his office tells Marijuana Moment that it will be somewhat “different” from versions of the legislation he’s filed in past sessions.
Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH), co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, will be refiling the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act—a bill that would amend the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to undo federal criminalization of people acting in compliance with state cannabis programs.
He told Forbes in an interview released on Monday that the purpose of the measure is to promote states’ rights and send a message to the federal government that it “should get the hell out of their way.” The bill is still being finalized, however, and it’s not immediately clear when Joyce plans to formally reintroduce it.
“I can confirm that we are working on something along the lines” of the STATES Act, “but different from what we introduced in the past,” a spokesperson for the congressman told Marijuana Moment on Monday.
Joyce has also sponsored legislation to remove cannabis from the CSA altogether, effectively legalizing it at the federal level, and
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