House Bill Would Create National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy
Another marijuana reform bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives, this one by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn). The “National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy Act” would create a study group much like the Shafer Commission, which Congress created in the early 1970s, and then ignored, after committee members recommended the decriminalization of marijuana. According to his website, the commission Cohen is proposing would study the following issues: How federal laws should be reconciled with state marijuana laws; The cost of marijuana prohibition and [...]