Marijuana Moment reports…
Washington, D.C. would continue to be blocked from legalizing recreational marijuana sales under a bicameral omnibus spending bill that was introduced by congressional leaders early on Wednesday morning. But a separate provision protecting state and territory medical cannabis programs from federal interference remains intact in the legislation, which is expected to get get voters in both chambers this week.
The ongoing cannabis commerce blockade in D.C. is a disappointment for advocates who had hoped that congressional leaders in the Democratic-controlled Congress would remove the rider like the House did in its version last year and as the Senate also did in a draft version that was circulated by the Appropriations Committee.
Activists also wanted to see an expansion of the current state medical marijuana protection language to cover all state cannabis programs from Justice Department intervention, but that didn’t pan out either.
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