Drug Policy

Republicans, on the other hand, passed an act to be able to sue the president for not coming down on American citizens with the wrath of the DEA after people voted to legalize in CO and WA.

So, the Republican Party is nutsy about this issue - some of them see the economic advantage to ending the war on American citizens, but some just love to have this issue as a way to target minorities.

On the other hand, Democrats such as Polis, Blumenauer, and Cohen, in the House have created bills to address every issue related to remaining prohibition of cannabis.

Republicans don't even want to bring those bills to the floor.

They've done a bipartisan push for this amendment in the budget and earlier with the hemp portion of the farm bill.

btw - they voted to approve the hemp research but they also have a law that says the cannabis plant in any form or species is a schedule I substance, so hemp is illegal, too, and considered no different than recreational marijuana.

So, Congress has some work to do to undo the mess created by the legislatures in the past.

It's time.