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Democratic Reps call for federal marijuana commission
A group of Democratic House members led by Rep. Steve Cohen (TN) have introduced a bill aimed at creating a National Commission on Marijuana Policy, which would be tasked with examining the conflicts currently arising between state and federal laws regulating the drug. According to The Hill’s Floor Action Blog,…
Rep. Steve Cohen reveals recently discovered adult daughter
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) said in a news conference on Thursday that the woman DC gossips assumed was his mistress is actually an adult daughter he only recently came to know. According to the New York Daily News, Cohen said in a news conference on Thursday that a series of…
Rep. Cohen rails against House GOP leadership over STOCK Act
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) blasted Republicans on the House floor Thursday for watering down and subsequently passing the STOCK Act. “What the public saw today in the House of Representatives was the STOCK Act sold short,” he said. “Unfortunately, what could have been an outstanding bill was changed by the…
Rep. Steve Cohen to U.S. drug czar: Pot not as dangerous as heroin
Tennessee Congressman Steven Cohen (D) urged Gil Kerlikowske, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule V substance in a letter sent Monday. Marijuana is currently a Schedule I drug under the federal Control Substances Act. Schedule I is the most restrictive…
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