Medical marijuana patients, growers, and dispensaries have three more months of protection from Jeff Sessions and any federal crackdown, thanks to the deal cut late last week between President Trump and Congressional leaders.
The hurricane relief, federal spending, and debt ceiling agreement between President Trump and Congressional Democratic leaders included a Rohrabacher-Blumenauer clause, which will effectively shield state medical marijuana programs from federal intrusion until December 8, 2017.
The language in the deal means the Department of Justice may not use any funds to prevent states—as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico—from “implementing a law that authorizes the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.”
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Bruce Barcott ~ Leafly.com ~
