State lawmakers agree: The federal government should not interfere with states that set their own marijuana laws.
The National Conference of State Legislatures, a nongovernment organization composed of state lawmakers and their staffs, passed a resolution Thursday urging the federal government to amend the Controlled Substances Act and other federal laws “to explicitly allow states to set their own marijuana and hemp policies without federal interference” and to refrain from undermining state marijuana and hemp laws.
Additionally, the resolution acknowledges that lawmakers in different states will have differing views on how to treat the plant, but the NCSL members agree that “states and localities should be able to set whatever marijuana and hemp policies work best to improve the public safety, health, and economic development of their communities.”
The passage of the resolution represents a strong statement from state lawmakers.
