Federal marijuana bill would legalize some cannabis strains

[IronLionZion]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/28/health/federal-marijuana-bill/index.html?hpt=po_c2

A bill being introduced Monday in the U.S. House of Representatives could be Cox's ticket home. The three-page bill would amend the Controlled Substances Act -- the federal law that criminalizes marijuana -- to exempt plants with an extremely low percentage of THC, the chemical that makes users high.

If passed, it would be the first time that federal law allows any medical marijuana use.

"No one should face a choice of having their child suffer or moving to Colorado and splitting up their family," said Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pennsylvania, the bill's sponsor. "We live in America, and if there's something that would make my child better, and they can't get it because of the government, that's not right."

The bill will land in a Congress that may be open to change. Across the country, highly sympathetic patients and a nonintoxicating product have proved a popular mix. This year alone, 11 states have passed legislation loosening regulation of cannabis strains with high cannabidiol and/or minimal THC content.

Let's see if Congress bungles this. Glad that Colorado is leading the way on this one.

[NightWatcher]

1. Marijuana is 100% evil....except for this and except for that, but it's still evil

Fast forward ten years when we are sitting around smoked up talking about how silly this all was.

[IronLionZion]

2. It has to start somewhere

lawmakers are known to be silly and slower than their constituents.

[Politicalboi]

3. Sounds like Hemp

"To exempt plants with an extremely low percentage of THC, the chemical that makes users high."

It only gets you high (if that's what its called these days) when smoked. Gone are the days of red glazed eyes, radical cottonmouth, and weed that sticks to the bag.

[IronLionZion]

4. It would be so brilliant if they could legalize industrial hemp too

especially since the medical and industrial uses come from different parts of the same plant. This bill might allow that.

[RandiFan1290]

5. Good news!

Where are the Democrats on this bill? The story only mentions 'publicons.