"The Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act, or the STATES Act, would change federal law to say that the federal Controlled Substances Act doesn't apply to state regulated markets. It sets a 21-year age requirement for recreational sales, and removes industrial hemp, or low-THC cannabis, from the CSA, making it legal to grow nationwide. It would also ease banking hurdles to state legal pot businesses."
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"Although there's solid polling support for reform, legislation may have a hard time passing, particularly in the House of Representatives, where Republicans opposed to marijuana control key posts, including House Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas."
>"The Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act, or the STATES Act, would **change federal law to say that the federal Controlled Substances Act doesn't apply to state regulated markets**. It sets a 21-year age requirement for recreational sales, and removes industrial hemp, or low-THC cannabis, from the CSA, making it legal to grow nationwide. It would also ease banking hurdles to state legal pot businesses."
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>"Although there's solid polling support for reform, legislation may have a hard time passing, particularly in the House of Representatives, where Republicans opposed to marijuana control key posts, including House Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas."
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