“Drug Policy Alliance could not throw its weight behind the strategy of including SAFE Banking in the NDAA because it really falls short of what we need.” -Maritza Perez, Drug Policy Alliance
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Head of NORML optimistic on cannabis banking through NDAA
While defense bills don’t usually interest cannabis advocates, an amendment added by Representative Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) included the language of the SAFE Banking Act in the NDAA. With the standalone bill stalled in the Senate Banking Committee, an amendment to the “must-pass” legislation could be the key.
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Recent weeks have seen movement on two important pieces of federal cannabis reform. Cannabis banking was attached to a national defense bill and the MORE Act was voted out of committee.
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