Why Congress is Looking at Expanding Cannabis Reform

As many in the legal cannabis industry have already predicted, the ongoing coronavirus crisis seems to have signaled this nations’ lawmakers that maintaining the status quo on marijuana law reform is no longer good enough.

In a recent post, MarijuanaMoment.net writes that as Congress prepares large-scale legislation to fund federal agencies for the next year, marijuana reform seems to be making progress.

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House versions of spending bills unveiled this week include:

  • Provisions to protect medical legalization laws from federal interference
  • Easing marijuana businesses’ access to basic banking services
  • Expand cannabis research
  • Oversee the country’s fledgling hemp and CBD industries
  • Grant Washington, D.C. the ability to legalize recreational sales

Click here to read MarijuanaMoment’s full report on recent developments in pro-cannabis legislation at the federal level.

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