Despite what you may have heard, Congress did not just legalize marijuana, quietly or otherwise.
It did pass an omnibus spending bill that prohibits the Department of Justice using funds to stop states from implementing their own medical marijuana laws, but that is a far cry from open legalization, Jacob Sullum reports from Forbes.
Federal raids on marijuana dispensaries and prosecution of marijuana cases continue in California and other states that have legalized medicinal marijuana.
The confusion began with a Los Angeles Times article titled “Congress quietly ends federal government’s ban on medical marijuana,” which says federal agents would now be prohibited from raiding marijuana operations.
Several news outlets followed up with articles of their own proclaiming that at last the federal government had ended its ban on marijuana and allowed the states to regulate themselves.
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No, Congress Did Not Just Legalize Marijuana
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