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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Utah House joins Senate in call to reclassify marijuana, end direct election of U.S. senators 🌿Utah House joins Senate in call to reclassify marijuana, end direct election of U.S. senators
Utah's Legislature has two messages for the federal government: End the direct election of U.S. senators and allow marijuana research.
On Wednesday, the Utah House joined the Senate in passing resolutions urging the repeal of the 17th Amendment and the reclassification of marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule II drug.
"The federal government is way, way behind on realizing that there are some medical possibilities with cannabis," said Orem Republican Rep. Brad Daw, who sponsored the marijuana resolution, SCR11.
Daw's resolution received the unanimous support of the House, following a similar vote in the Senate last month.
But representativeswere split over repealing the 17th Amendment, which established popular elections for members of the United States Senate.
Prior to adoption of the 17th Amendment in 1913, U.S. senators were elected by state legislatures.
Draper Republican Rep. Lavar Christensen described the 17th Amendment as "one of the most unfortunate mistakes...
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