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2016 Will Be Marijuana's Big Year
Posted by CN Staff on December 28, 2015 at 05:40:08 PT
By Debra Borchardt, Contributor
Source: Forbes
USA -- 2015 was a pretty amazing year for the progress in the legalization of marijuana. Four states and the District of Columbia legalized recreational marijuana, many states decriminalized it and several more states approved of medical marijuana. But for all the advances made in 2015, the year was seen as a run up to 2016, where the presidential election is expected to ramp up the legalization landscape.In Congress, there are expectations for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the CARERS Act (S. 683 or H.R. 1538). This bill, sponsored by Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Dean Heller and presidential candidate Rand Paul is a comprehensive medical marijuana piece of legislation. It would allow states to legalize medical marijuana without federal interference and reschedule marijuana to a schedule II drug. It would eliminate barriers to research and allow banks to work with marijuana companies. Chuck Grassley is the head of the committee and until he schedules a hearing, it is dead in the water. Many hope this year he will buckle under pressure and set up a hearing.
The Respect State Marijuana Laws or HR 140 is also on the hoped for hearings list. Mason Tvert, Director of Communications for Marijuana Policy Project said, “We expect support will continue to grow for both of those bills as well as for legislation regarding veterans’ access to medical marijuana and banking for medical marijuana businesses.”Other pieces of marijuana legislation include Bernie Sanders bill, S. 2237, The “Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2015,” Bernie Sanders bill S. 2237, The “Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2015” H.R. 667, The Veterans Equal Access Act, H.R. 262 The States Medical Marijuana Act Property Right Protection, H.R. 1013 & 1014 The Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol Act and Marijuana Tax Revenue Act of 2015, H.R. 1855 and S. 987 The Small Business Tax Equity Act and H.R. 2076 and S. 1726 The Marijuana Business Access to Banking Act. There’s also the H.R. 3124 Clean Slate for Marijuana Offenses Act of 2015 and H.R. 3518 The Stop Civil Asset Forfeiture Funding for Marijuana Suppression Act.Many states have initiatives for November that focus on legalizing or regulating marijuana for adult use. These include Nevada, Massachusetts, Arizona, Maine and California. Some states are trying to pull together legislation for the November ballots. They include Florida, Arkansas and Missouri. Vermont’s state attorney general thinks that legalization of recreational marijuana could pass in 2016 and the house speaker is supportive. Rhode Island is also a possibility for recreational legalization next year. When it comes to medical marijuana, Pennsylvania is likely. The Senate passed a law, but the house is slow to come around, even though the governor supports it. Nebraska and Utah could potentially pass medical marijuana laws in 2016.Illinois and New Hampshire are likely to pass decriminalization of possession laws in the new year. Source: Forbes Magazine (US)Author: Debra Borchardt, ContributorPublished: December 28, 2015Copyright: 2015 Forbes Inc.Contact: readers forbes.comWebsite: http://www.forbes.com/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/a1hKXwiwCannabisNews -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml 
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Comment #1 posted by The GCW on December 28, 2015 at 10:20:51 PT
Act 420
2015 has been very good. Yes.2016 could and should break cannabis prohibitionists.It's difficult to keep up with all the "acts."
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