WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Michael Bennet issued the following press release:
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper joined 15 of their Senate colleagues to reintroduce their Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), which would end the harmful federal ban of marijuana by removing cannabis from the list of federally controlled substances (descheduling) and empowering states to create their own laws.
"Congress should follow Colorado's lead and bring our nation's marijuana laws into the 21st century," said Bennet. "The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act is long overdue and will help protect the legal cannabis economy as well as address historic inequities in our justice system."
"Colorado legalized...