Policy on marijuana, hemp, cannabidiol, and related substances in the United States has become a tangled thicket. Whatever your views on the use of these substances, there can be no doubt of the confusion caused by contradictory federal policies and differing state laws.
I have sought to bring some order to this situation through legislation I have introduced or cosponsored with members of both parties. My position has been consistent: for legalization of medical marijuana, against legalization of recreational marijuana, and in support of better rules to permit scientific research on cannabis.
In some areas, we have made progress. The House of Representatives in the coming days expects to take up the Medical Marijuana Research Act that I have cosponsored and championed for years, and the version we will approve looks likely to pass the Senate and head to the president’s desk to be signed into law.
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