Chuck Schumer's legal weed bill is finally here. Its odds of passing in this Senate are slim, but it'll shape the conversation around future legalization, and parts of it will probably find their way into other bills that could pass by the end of the year.
Cannabis legalization advocates have had success in the past framing it with Republicans as a states’ rights issue, but some pro-decriminalization Republicans will likely be unhappy withFurther complicating matters is that the House has twice passed its own sweeping marijuana legalization package, known as the. That legislation does not include much of the regulatory structure thatAnd even if a bill were somehow to pass, it is unclear if President Joe Biden would sign it.
Many of the changes added to the final Senate bill echo requests regularly made by Republicans. Law enforcement grants, a nationwide youth prevention campaign and traffic safety research all correspond to concerns that legalization skeptics have frequently raised., a co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus — in recent months to discuss where the two parties could potentially come together on weed legislation.
Congress has a lot to tackle still in this year, but Democrats are facing the possibility that they will lose the House in this year’s midterm election. That has lit a fire under some lawmakers and cannabis advocates to find a weed bill that can pass this year, and it’s expected that after this bill receives its fanfare, the weed discussion will shift to what is possible to get done in this“McConnell would never bring these things to the floor,” Schumer said last year. “We’ll move forward and try to get this done as soon as we possibly can.
CORRECTION: An earlier subheading on this report misstated the day the bill was introduced. It was introduced Thursday.
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