Indopedia All Things Marijuana
On Thursday, elected officials in the House and Senate passed a stopgap-spending bill that temporarily averts a federal shutdown of the U.S. government and extends protections for state medical marijuana programs through Dec. 22.
The two-week continuing resolution (CR) was initially passed in the House 235-193 and shortly thereafter by the Senate 81-14.
Agreed-upon by the entire United States Congress and delivered to President Trump, the continuing resolution includes the Rohrabacher–Blumenauer budget amendment.
Once the temporary measure is signed by Trump, the Rohrabacher–Blumenauer budget amendment will continue to shield those states that have legalized medicinal cannabis from unwarranted prosecution by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
A relatively short reprieve, the two-week extension of the federal budget prohibits Jeff Sessions and the DOJ from spending any funds to impede or interfere with the operation or implementation of a state’s medical marijuana laws and funds the government through Dec. 22.
Ultimately pleased by the CR’s passage but concerned by the annual threat visited on medical marijuana states, Rep. Blumenauer (D-OR), issued the following…
