“We would deeply appreciate your willingness to share your expertise on the intersections between your committees’ jurisdictions, your states’ experiences, and comprehensive cannabis reform and invite you to join the process of perfecting this legislation.
A 2021 Pew Research poll found 60 percent of respondents support legalizing it for both medical and recreational use and an additional 31 percent support legalizing it only for medical purposes.
This discrepancy leads to confusion and uncertainty and raises significant questions around criminal justice reform, economic development and small business growth, and public health and safety, all of which we believe require some type of federal answer,” the three senators wrote in the letter on Thursday.