07-27-2017, 05:46 AM
The Rohrabacher-Farr amendment blocks the Justice Department from interfering with state medical marijuana laws. Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions had asked that it be allowed to expire, giving the federal government the power to once again ramp up the "war on drugs."
It looks like that won't happen, which is good news for Hawaii's dispensaries:
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the rider, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, by a voice vote, indicating that it was not controversial among the panel's members, who include 16 Republicans. The committee thereby rejected a personal plea by Sessions to let the amendment lapse.
http://boingboing.net/2017/07/27/senate-...otect.html
Four people are in a room and seven leave. How many have to enter again before it's empty?
It looks like that won't happen, which is good news for Hawaii's dispensaries:
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the rider, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, by a voice vote, indicating that it was not controversial among the panel's members, who include 16 Republicans. The committee thereby rejected a personal plea by Sessions to let the amendment lapse.
http://boingboing.net/2017/07/27/senate-...otect.html
Four people are in a room and seven leave. How many have to enter again before it's empty?
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