Republican Representatives David Joyce (R-OH) and Don Young (R-AK) are co-sponsoring the Common Sense Cannabis Reform for Veterans, Small Businesses, and Medical Professionals Act, which would federally legalize cannabis, safeguard financial institutions that serve state-authorized cannabis businesses, allow for interstate export and import, and guarantee that military veterans are expressly allowed to use cannabis in accordance with state statutes.
The bill’s primary objective is to deschedule cannabis at the federal level, which is akin to previous bipartisan initiatives, but goes further with verbiage on requirements for federal medical cannabis research. Notably, it lacks social justice and equity clauses to address the previous and ongoing detriments of the War on Drugs.
“This bill takes significant steps to modernize our laws by removing cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and allowing the VA to prescribe medical cannabis to veterans, in addition to finally permitting state-legal cannabis businesses to utilize traditional financial services,” said Rep. Young. “I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to stand with us in this crucial effort.”
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