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Monday, 06/02/2014 9:43:00 PM

Monday, June 02, 2014 9:43:00 PM

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Friday morning’s vote saw 49 Republicans join with 170 Democrats in backing the policy change for medical marijuana.
Only two years ago, a similar amendment garnered little more than 160 votes in support. The leap of nearly five dozen extra votes signals just how quickly the politics of pot are changing.
Still, Mr. Rohrabacher said there should have been even more Republicans in support, if only out of fealty to the principles of federalism.
The House also approved other amendments that would prevent the federal government from hindering states that want to allow industrial hemp production. While industrial hemp contains almost none of the active ingredient that makes marijuana so potent, the plants look similar and some authorities have feared the industrial plant could be used to cover for marijuana plants.


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