Federal marijuana bill would legalize some cannabis strains By Caleb Hellerman, CNN updated 8:48 AM EDT, Tue July 29, 2014
A bill being introduced Monday in the U.S. House of Representatives could be Cox's ticket home. The three-page bill would amend the Controlled Substances Act -- the federal law that criminalizes marijuana -- to exempt plants with an extremely low percentage of THC, the chemical that makes users high.
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If passed, it would be the first time that federal law allows any medical marijuana use.
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