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Rand Paul Introduces Law Ending Federal Prohibitions on Marijuana
Mar. 10, 2015
“Thank you Senator Booker, and thank you Senator Gillibrand for coming today, and all of you. We, as a society, are changing our opinions on restricting people ‘s choices as far as medical treatments and there are thousands of people in our country, probably tens of thousands of people in our country, who have diseases that are incurable and that would like to palliative treatment.
Many people have been finding relief, but some people are prevented from having that. The laws aren’t uniformed. There are still federal laws that prevent states, even states that have legalized medical marijuana. Little over twenty states have medical marijuana, and yet there’s still federal rules that make it difficult.
I just came back from Colorado and the biggest thing they’re asking me is we want banking to be legal. We are legitimate enterprises now. We want to be able to put our money in a bank. My guess is that even more tax money will be paid if they’re allowed to keep their money in banks and not brown bags.
So I think there’s every reason to try to give more ease to people in the states you want this, more freedom for states and individuals. Doctors who are to prescribe this, it’s very difficult because it’s Schedule I and we would want to take it down to Schedule II so doctors can prescribe this more easily. We don’t want doctors to be punished for simply trying to help people.
I’m glad to be part of this effort. I think that there is great potential for research in this as well. Research has been prevented somewhat by this also. When it’s Schedule I it’s virtually impossible to research.
Is the proof always there? We don’t know because we can’t do the research, but I’m in favor of allowing the research to occur. We know of many instances where people have gotten palliative help from this and I’m glad to be part of this effort, and we’ve done a lot in a lot of effort across the aisle with Senator Booker and Senator Gillibrand.”
Mar. 10, 2015
“Thank you Senator Booker, and thank you Senator Gillibrand for coming today, and all of you. We, as a society, are changing our opinions on restricting people ‘s choices as far as medical treatments and there are thousands of people in our country, probably tens of thousands of people in our country, who have diseases that are incurable and that would like to palliative treatment.
Many people have been finding relief, but some people are prevented from having that. The laws aren’t uniformed. There are still federal laws that prevent states, even states that have legalized medical marijuana. Little over twenty states have medical marijuana, and yet there’s still federal rules that make it difficult.
I just came back from Colorado and the biggest thing they’re asking me is we want banking to be legal. We are legitimate enterprises now. We want to be able to put our money in a bank. My guess is that even more tax money will be paid if they’re allowed to keep their money in banks and not brown bags.
So I think there’s every reason to try to give more ease to people in the states you want this, more freedom for states and individuals. Doctors who are to prescribe this, it’s very difficult because it’s Schedule I and we would want to take it down to Schedule II so doctors can prescribe this more easily. We don’t want doctors to be punished for simply trying to help people.
I’m glad to be part of this effort. I think that there is great potential for research in this as well. Research has been prevented somewhat by this also. When it’s Schedule I it’s virtually impossible to research.
Is the proof always there? We don’t know because we can’t do the research, but I’m in favor of allowing the research to occur. We know of many instances where people have gotten palliative help from this and I’m glad to be part of this effort, and we’ve done a lot in a lot of effort across the aisle with Senator Booker and Senator Gillibrand.”
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