Federal legislation designed to withhold funds from states and tribes that have or plan to legalize marijuana appears unlikely to receive any real consideration in the House of Representatives.
The Stop Pot Act was filed in September by Representative Chuck Edwards (R-NC), and it currently has four cosponsors. The measure would withhold federal funding from states and tribes that have legalized recreational marijuana.
The measure has been assigned to the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. According to a spokesperson for Rick Crawford, Chair of the committee, the Stop Pot Act is “unlikely to receive a vote in our committee”.
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