A GOP senator says the time has come to create a federal “regulatory construct” for marijuana, while allowing states to decide to enact their own cannabis legalization laws.
In one of his latest comments on the issue, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) told Marijuana Moment in an interview that “we’ve got to get out of this mode” where states enacting their chosen cannabis policies are “running afoul of federal law.”
“Now, in some cases, we seem to think that’s a bad thing” to have such disparate laws in place. “In the case of cannabis, we don’t. But it’s creating so many gateways for illegal and illicit actors in this space and safety issues. We got to act on it.”
“We know how the play is going to end, so why not come up with a regulatory construct for consumer protection, for child safety, for health—and do it in a way that requires states to opt in?” Tillis asked. “So I’m just thinking about a framework where you have excise taxes, you have money flowing to law enforcement and other agencies and then have Congress have a simple up or down vote on it.”
The comments came in response to a question
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