Congress should not make Colorado’s marijuana mistake

By Washington Examiner

Published December 3, 2022 2:48pm ET

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Congress should not make Colorado’s marijuana mistake — FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2013 file photo, a marijuana plant grows at the River Rock marijuana growing facility in Denver. After months of uncertainty about marijuana and its tax potential, Colorado lawmakers started work April 8, 2014 deciding how to spend pot taxes. Voters have already decided to spend the first $40 million on school construction, but anything beyond that is up to lawmakers to appropriate. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file) | Brennan Linsley

Ten years ago, Colorado voted to legalize marijuana. To honor the anniversary, Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) has proposed a bill designed to take effect if and when marijuana is federally legalized. His legislation would set up a commission to draft rules and regulations, which Congress and the bureaucracy could put into effect once marijuana is dropped as a Schedule 1 drug under the Controlled Substances Act.

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