Thursday, creating yet another potential avenue through which Congress could
enact the policy change.
This piece of legislation, sponsored by Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), would remove
cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and direct several federal agencies
to develop regulations for the plant.
Titled the “Substance Regulation and Safety Act,” the bill would deschedule
cannabis, require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to
develop rules that treat marijuana the same as tobacco, create a national
research institute to evaluate the risks and benefits of cannabis, require the
U.S. Department of Agriculture to impose quality control standards and mandate
that the Department of Transportation study methods for detecting THC-impaired
driving."
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/senator-files-new-bill-to-federally-legalize-marijuana-and-regulate-it-like-tobacco/
Has anyone seen any coverage of the Smith bill in any of the local media?
While I haven't been paying much attention to local media, I'm a bit surprised,
once again, to hear about it first from Marijuana Moment rather than on MPR or
in the Strib or PiPress.