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US Senate holds historic first hearing on marijuana legalization

US Senate holds historic first hearing on marijuana legalization bill
author profile pictureBy John Schroyer, Chief Correspondent
July 26, 2022 - Updated July 26, 2022

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday held a committee hearing on marijuana legalization for the first time in the chamber’s history but took no action.

The hearing – held by the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism – comes on the heels of last week’s introduction of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA).

The hearing also was more of a symbolic placement of marijuana issues in the political spotlight than it was an actual debate on the bill.

That’s because the subcommittee didn’t even bother to vote on the CAOA, which was co-sponsored by the subcommittee’s chair, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey.

Rather, it was a historic moment simply because the upper chamber of Congress has for years held off on considering any major marijuana-related legislation.

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