Congress Considers Changing Federal Policy Toward Marijuana Research
Pot’s staunchest opposing forces giving in to medical marijuana.
A legion of Congressional lawmakers, some of which have advocated against the reform of marijuana laws in the not so distant past, have joined forces in an effort to eliminate some of the restrictive barriers that have jammed up the cannabis plant for the past several decades by introducing legislation that would make it easier for the scientific and medical communities to study its therapeutic benefits.
According to a report in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Representatives Sam Farr of Washington, Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Morgan Griffith of Virginia, and Andy Harris of Maryland (the man responsible for the rider that destroyed the possibility of the District of Columbia legalizing retail pot sales) are preparing to drag “The Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016” up to the steps of the Capitol, later this week, in hopes of forcing Congress to finally...
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