United States: Federal Cannabis Reform – Is 2022 The Year? – Mondaq

Hope soared with the possibility of federal cannabis reform in 2021. inequities stemming from the legacy of the War on Drugs. of failed meaningful change on the federal level. decriminalization of cannabis would become a reality.

Still, momentum for reform has not been lost. indicating its import to our nation’s leaders.

Representatives on April 20, 2021 by a vote of 321 to 101. early in 2021,3 and passed in the U.S.

in the U.S.

to add the SAFE Banking Act of 2021. make it easier to pass through the Senate. SAFE Banking Act of 2021 in the NDAA. opposing it campaigning for more comprehensive legalization. 2021 – stalling its progress once more.

development for those affected by the War on Drugs.

Republican Representatives voting yes.

into the Senate on July 14, 2021.

As a draft bill, the CAO was subject to a review period in which its authors requested public comments by September 1, 2021.

incorporate. advanced to the Senate floor for a vote.

The States Reform Act – another substantial difference from the CAO.

Given its recency, little is known about the bill’s reception in the House and any progress that has been made.

of who controls the Senate, House or both.

a practical law to pass in the interim.

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