USA Senators introduce bipartisan bill to protect state laws on marijuana

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) introduced a bipartisan bill on Thursday that would allow states to regulate marijuana without federal interference. 

Warren and Gardner, who both represent states with legal recreational pot, introduced the legislation, known as Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act, as a response to the Trump administration's hard-line stance against the drug. 

The bill would amend the Controlled Substances Act to include a framework that says it no longer applies to those following state, territory or tribal laws “relating to the manufacture, production, possession, distribution, dispensation, administration, or delivery of [marijuana]."

"It’s time to reform American’s outdated marijuana policies," Warren tweeted with a video of her and Gardner speaking at a press conference announcing the measure.  

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/391186-senators-introduce-bill-to-protect-states-from-federal-marijuana

Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, at third reading in the Senate on Thursday,

Senate agreed to vote on the bill by June 7 at the latest.

SENATE PROCEEDINGS

Final Vote Expected This Evening on Cannabis Bill (audio only)

Watch The Senate At Tis Link :http://www.cpac.ca/en/senate-portal/

Senators are set to vote on Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, at third reading in the Senate on Thursday, after studying it for six months. For those planning to follow the vote that day, rest up as it’s possible the vote could not happen until midnight. It could also be much earlier, but entirely depends on how many senators want to speak to the bill that day. Midnight would be the latest possible, as all sides 
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