The Senate this weekend opted to pass a funding bill that’ll keep the government open through next summer. Here’s one thing that got the green light: medical marijuana. A provision buried in the 1,600-page bill defunds the federal prosecution of medical marijuana users and the people who run dispensaries. Does this amount to a lifting of the federal ban on medical marijuana?
The End of Federal Pot Prosecutions?
Credits
Guest:
Josh Voorhees - Slate -
@joshvoorhees
Host:
Madeleine Brand
Producers:
Andrew Walsh,
Christian Bordal,
Matt Holzman,
Jolie Myers,
Anna Scott