The push for cannabis legalization in the United States has found an unlikely ally in Ohio - Republican Representative David Joyce. Aged 66, the co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus has announced plans to introduce a bill that could significantly alter the Controlled Substances Act. If successful, this bill would exclude state-legal marijuana from being classified as a Schedule I drug, a classification that currently places it alongside substances such as heroin. However, cannabis grown and produced outside the state-sanctioned market would still be considered illegal at the federal level. This provision allows states who choose not to legalize cannabis to maintain their prohibitionist stance. The bill, tentatively called the "STATES 2.0 Act,"...
logic · THCFarmer News DeskDecember 6, 2023 · 742 reads · 0 comments
