{"id":6267,"date":"2009-06-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/state-federal-efforts-to-clarify-medical-marijuana-policy\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T13:43:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:43:19","slug":"state-federal-efforts-to-clarify-medical-marijuana-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/state-federal-efforts-to-clarify-medical-marijuana-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"State, Federal Efforts to Clarify Medical Marijuana Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 8, State Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) introduced a SJR 14, which calls for a comprehensive federal policy to ensure safe and legal access to medical marijuana for patients who benefit from its therapeutic use. \u201cWhen passed, this resolution will clearly state the Legislature\u2019s opposition to federal interference with California\u2019s medical marijuana law and support for expanded federal reform and medical research,&#8221; said Leno. Read more. A similar resolution, <a href=https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/leg\/dearaidsSJR20migden.html>SJR 20 (Migden)<\/a> passed the State Senate in 2008. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved a provision authored by Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) that seeks to clarify <a href=https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/news\/holder.html>the Obama Administration&#8217;s recently announced<br \/>\nmedical marijuana enforcement policy.<\/a> The language states, \u201cThere have been conflicting public reports about the Department\u2019s [DOJ] enforcement of medical marijuana policies. Within 60 days of enactment, the Department shall provide to the Committee clarification of the Department\u2019s policy regarding enforcement of federal laws and use of federal resources against individuals involved in medical marijuana activities.\u201d The provision is a non-binding recommendation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 8, State Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) introduced a SJR 14, which calls for a comprehensive federal policy to ensure safe and legal access to medical marijuana for patients who benefit from its therapeutic use. \u201cWhen passed, this resolution will clearly state the Legislature\u2019s opposition to federal interference with California\u2019s medical marijuana law &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"State, Federal Efforts to Clarify Medical Marijuana Policy\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/state-federal-efforts-to-clarify-medical-marijuana-policy\/#more-6267\" aria-label=\"Read more about State, Federal Efforts to Clarify Medical Marijuana Policy\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.canorml.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}