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House Lifts Ban on D.C. Medical Marijuana Law

Dec 10, 2009

Barr amendment, Washington DC


House Lifts Ban on D.C. Medical Marijuana Law

The U.S. House of Representatives just voted 221-202 on the omnibus spending bill, which will allow Washington, D.C. to implement its medical marijuana law. The Senate will now take up the legislation; we expect it to pass there without any alterations. President Obama will sign the bill into law once the Senate has acted.

We expect all of this to happen very quickly; Congress and the president have until December 18 to finalize the legislation.