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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment Status?
I posted this a few weeks ago and got no responses. Anyone have an update on this? If the amendment isn't included with the budget then get ready for Reefer Madness...
The Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment blocks the Justice Department from interfering in medical marijuana states. Reportedly Jeff Sessions wrote Congress demanding that they not renew it...
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Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment Status? (Original Post)
lordsummerisle
Nov 2017
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steve2470
(37,457 posts)1. here you go
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohrabacher%E2%80%93Farr_amendment
The RohrabacherFarr amendment (also known as the RohrabacherBlumenauer amendment) is legislation first introduced by U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey in 2001, prohibiting the Justice Department from spending funds to interfere with the implementation of state medical cannabis laws. It passed the House in May 2014 after six previously failed attempts, becoming law in December 2014 as part of an omnibus spending bill. The passage of the amendment was the first time either chamber of Congress had voted to protect medical cannabis patients, and is viewed as a historic victory for cannabis reform advocates at the federal level.[1] The amendment does not change the legal status of cannabis however, and must be renewed each fiscal year in order to remain in effect.[2]
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)2. Thanks, I know what it is
What I was wondering was if anyone had any insight into its chances of being included in the upcoming budget.
rollin74
(1,987 posts)3. Dana Rohrabacher stated at a conference recently that republican leadership promised him that the
amendment would be re-inserted into the DOJ appropriations bill
FWIW
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)4. Just read this on Yahoo News