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Bipartisan CARERS Marijuana Bill Holds Unintended Consequences

Two Iowa representatives are sponsoring the bill, which would empower Jeff Sessions.

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Politicians’ good intentions are threatening Americans’ medical freedom.

A federal bill known as the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States, or CARERS, Act is meant to protect states with medical marijuana programs, like Iowa. Yet some medical freedom advocates say it could end up doing the opposite.

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The bill, which has support from at least two of Iowa’s federal lawmakers, would allow Americans to grow and process certain cannabidiol products in accordance with state law. That probably sounds like a good idea to the majority of Americans who support safe, legal access to medical cannabis.

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However, the also bill defines cannabidiol as containing no more than .3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. Iowa’s limit of 3 percent THC is 10 times that much.

States with higher limits could still be spared from federal enforcement, but the legislation would leave the attorney general to determine if state laws are “reasonably calculated to comply” with the law.

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