Friday proved to be an especially eventful day for federal cannabis policy, as the House earlier passed a large-scale bill that contains the bipartisan Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act.
“In the coming weeks, we’re ramping up our outreach—and we expect to introduce final legislation.
The leader and colleagues have insisted on passing comprehensive legalization first before banking—but the sponsor of the banking bill, Rep.
Nadler, meanwhile, discussed on Friday his Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement Act, which would also end federal prohibition and promote social equity in the industry like CAOA.
“Change will not happen, change will not come, unless we demand it,” the congresswoman said.
The Republican-led medical cannabis legislation is fairly restrictive, as it prohibits smokable marijuana products and doesn’t allow patients to grow cannabis for personal use.
As it stands, marijuana possession is punishable by a maximum $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail for a first offense.
The governor tried to legalize recreational and medical marijuana through his proposed state budget last year, but a GOP-led legislative committee stripped the cannabis language from the legislation.
The conversations started even before the last time the House passed the SAFE Banking Act through its version of the National Defense Authorization Act , he said.
The Senate already passed its related version of the new innovation bill, with a focus on competing with China on trade, and that legislation does not contain the cannabis banking language.
Schumer recently reiterated that he would be amenable to advancing the banking reform if certain amendments are added to further promote equity.
“There are a lot of people and a lot of moving parts to this stuff.
Other Republicans are scratching their heads about how Democrats have so far failed to pass the modest banking reform with majorities in both chambers and control of the White House, too.
And he sharply criticized SCGOP for repeatedly standing in the way of reform, in part by recently paying to circulate a message from a sheriff opposing the state-level effort.
Tom Davis was prefiled in late 2020 and passed out of the Senate Medical Affairs Committee that March, but it has faced resistance from some members of his party.
At one point, Davis came to the defense of a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the state, former U.S.
In the new op-ed, Mulvaney also pointed to federal “Right To Try” legislation that was enacted under the Trump administration to give certain patients access to investigational drug therapies that haven’t been formally approved by regulatory bodies.
During his time in Congress, Mulvaney consistently voted to support marijuana reform amendments and cosponsored cannabis bills.
Support for medical marijuana legalization among South Carolina residents has been notably stable, as a 2018 Benchmark Research poll similarly found 72 percent support for the reform, including nearly two-thirds of Republicans.