A bipartisan group of senators is working to attach major marijuana legislation to “must-pass” year-end defense legislation expected on the floor later this week.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Jeff Merkley have been working with Republican Sens. Steve Daines , Rand Paul , and Dan Sullivan to implement legislation that would allow cannabis companies access to banking institutions and create grants for state expungement of past marijuana convictions, according to several outside groups familiar with their plans.
“Career DOJ staff raised serious enforcement concerns, but legislative text reportedly marked up by the DOJ failed to correct or even address many of those same concerns,” said spokesman Taylor Foy on Monday evening. “This is a giveaway to the corporate vested interests who want to get rich off of addiction. This is a giveaway to big tobacco, which is the biggest winner of this because it would allow them to really legally invest in different areas in the marijuana space,” said Kevin Sabet, the president and CEO of Smart Approaches to Marijuana. “This is not about social justice or repairing the rights of past policies and laws.
Passing the legislation has become a priority for the Senate majority leader ahead of the next session of Congress, in which Republicans will have the majority in the House next January, according to staffers involved.
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