{"id":2442554,"date":"2019-04-04T14:58:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T20:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=303288"},"modified":"2019-04-04T14:58:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T20:58:31","slug":"lawmakers-bring-back-bills-protecting-individual-state-marijuana-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/lawmakers-bring-back-bills-protecting-individual-state-marijuana-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers bring back bills protecting individual state marijuana rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/smasspot-atd-091218-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/smasspot-atd-091218-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/smasspot-atd-091218-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><\/figure>\n<p>DENVER \u2014 A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would ensure states have the right to enact their own marijuana policies.<\/p>\n<p>The Marijuana Business Daily&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/congressional-legislation-reintroduced-protect-state-legal-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;the matching bills brought back to the House and Senate on Thursday would create an exemption in the Controlled Substances Act to protect states\u2019 ability to determine their own best approaches to cannabis without fear of federal reprisal.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Cory Gardner and Democrat Elizabeth Warren reintroduced the bill in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The measure was brought to the House by Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer and Republican Rep. David Joyce \u2014 co-chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>The bills could offer solutions to problems that have vexed the marijuana industry, like banking and taxation issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/lawmakers-bring-back-bills-protecting-individual-state-marijuana-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER \u2014 A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would ensure states have the right to enact their own marijuana policies. The Marijuana Business Daily&nbsp;reports&nbsp;the matching bills brought back to the House and Senate on Thursday would create an exemption in the Controlled Substances Act to protect states\u2019 ability to determine their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2442554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 05:30:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}