The U.S. Senate has approved a federal spending bill that keeps protections in place for state medical marijuana programs — while avoiding the more contentious battle over cannabis rescheduling.
The bill continues long-standing language that prevents the Justice Department from using federal funds to interfere with state-legal medical cannabis. For patients and providers, that means business as usual and a measure of stability.
Notably absent is language that would block the federal government from changing marijuana’s classification under federal law. By leaving that out, lawmakers allowed the rescheduling review process to move forward without turning the budget into a cannabis showdown.
In short: medical marijuana stays protected for now, while the bigger federal policy debate remains very much unresolved.
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Senate Says ‘Medical Marijuana? Sure!’ But Leaves Out the Anti-Rescheduling Stuff — Cue the Plot Twist
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