“It’s a marijuana policy trifecta on Capitol Hill now: recreational marijuana, medical marijuana, and hemp. Earlier this month, reformist House members filed bills to end federal pot prohibition and tax the trade and last week to legalize hemp. Now, some of those same legislators — joined by more — have filed bills that would protect medical marijuana patients and providers and some senators have filed their companion bill to legalize industrial hemp.”
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2013/feb/19/bipartisan_hemp_medical_marijuan
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