On Friday, February 20th, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) and Jared Polis (D-Colorado) introduced two separate bills in Congress that would legalize marijuana use at the federal level for adults.
Blumenauer’s bill, called the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, would tax cannabis at the federal level in addition to any local and state taxes. Polis’ bill, also called the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol act for some reason, would allow states to choose to legalize cannabis without any fear of federal intervention.
Both of the representatives hail from states that have already fully legalized marijuana use for adults 21 and up. So far, four states have already legalized it and 23 states have medical marijuana laws on the books.
“More than 213 million people live in a state or jurisdiction that allows some form of legal use of marijuana,”...
