It appears that a bill introduced today in the U.S. Senate would do just that - at least for medical marijuana.
In what advocates describe as an historic first, a trio of senators plan to unveil a federal medical marijuana bill Tuesday.
The bill, to be introduced by Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), would end the federal ban on medical marijuana and implement a series of reforms long sought by advocates. They include downgrading its status with the Drug Enforcement Agency from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2, allowing doctors to recommend its use in some cases to veterans, expanding access to researchers and making it easier for banks to provide services to the industry.
Advocates are understandably thrilled. It's interesting to see conservatives like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz favoring a state's right to legalize while claiming to disagree with such policies. Presumably, they're wearing cups. Otherwise, straddling the fence could get painful.
