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As President Donald Trump continues to weigh a marijuana rescheduling proposal, a Democratic congresswoman says there\u2019s been more discussion among lawmakers about cannabis reform recently\u2013adding that she\u2019ll \u201ccontinue to push for\u201d other modest policy changes such as industry banking access.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Marijuana Moment on Tuesday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, also reacted to the launch of non-tribal adult-use marijuana sales in her home state of Minnesota<\/a>, saying there\u2019s \u201cstill heavy contention between underserved communities that [officials are] still working through.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m hoping that the rollout does include all the voices that are supposed to be\u201d included in the reform, she said. \u201cMy hope is that, when our bill was crafted and debated, we took in all of the lessons learned from Colorado and California. So I do hope that there will be an excellent rollout that could serve as a model of how to do it right.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked about the current status of cannabis policy talks on Capitol Hill, Omar said there\u2019s been more conversation as Trump weighs rescheduling\u2014a policy he endorsed on the campaign trail ahead of his second term.<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems like he\u2019s hinted at\u201d enacting rescheduling, \u201cwhich is kind of a positive step,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n As far as the prospect of any federal interference in Minnesota\u2019s fully launched cannabis program, Omar said, \u201cI don\u2019t think that there is a serious worry in that regard.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had medicinal use for a really long time, and I think our full legalization should work out pretty well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n She added that she\u2019s had \u201cthe opportunity to travel across the country and visit with entrepreneurs,\u201d and marijuana banking reform at the federal level is \u201cthe one thing that they complain about.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s things that we\u2019ve been trying to legislate, so we\u2019ll continue to push for that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n But the fate of marijuana reform in the GOP-controlled Congress under Trump remains murky. While Trump said late last month that the administration would be making a decision on the proposal to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substance Act (CSA) within weeks, no new developments have since emerged on the issue.<\/p>\n \u2014 At the same time, the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, & Accountability has scheduled a hearing\u2014titled \u201cInvasion of the Homeland: How China is Using Illegal Marijuana to Build a Criminal Network Across America\u201d<\/a>\u2014for Thursday.<\/p>\n Last week, the House Appropriations Committee separately passed a spending bill that contains provisions to block the Justice Department from rescheduling marijuana<\/a>.<\/p>\n Also last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved a bill to repeal a Washington, D.C. law expanding expungements for marijuana possession<\/a>.<\/p>\n The LCB<\/a>\u00a0contributed reporting from Washington, D.C.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Photo courtesy of Chris Wallis \/\/ Side Pocket Images.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Trump\u2019s Marijuana Rescheduling Comments Are Making More Lawmakers Pay Attention To The Issue, Democratic Congresswoman Says<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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