DENVER (CBS4) – It’s another step trying to protect Colorado’s legal cannabis industry as Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, plans to reintroduce legislation to change the way the federal government manages marijuana.
“It’s a state’s rights issue,” said DeGette.
The bill would amend the Controlled Substances Act allowing states that have legalized marijuana to be safe from federal regulation.
“As business owners, those of us in the cannabis industry in Colorado need certainty and with the overhanging threat of the fact that marijuana is illegal at the federal level,” said Meg Collins, the Vice President of Good Chemistry Dispensary. It creates a level of uncertainty.”
“We’re living in a reality here where federal law is so dramatically out of touch with the reality on the ground,” said Michael Elliott with the Marijuana Industry Group. “We here in Colorado can’t change federal law on banking or the federal law on federal taxes.”
