The pro-pot lobby is aiming their pipes right at Democrat Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz after she voted against a bill that would prevent the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ” from interfering with state medical marijuana laws.”
Wasserman Schultz is targeted by the group Americans for Safe Access, who according to the Sun Sentinel, is calling her “out of touch” in a TV ad for being one of 18 Democrats who voted against the bill.Sean Bartlett, communications director for Wasserman Schultz, had no comment on the ad Thursday.
“The congresswoman believes that it is not appropriate to limit the ability of the Executive Branch to enforce federal law at their discretion.”-Sean Bartlett, communications director for Wasserman Schultz
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The vote in question was on an amendment to H.R. 4660, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., which passed 219-189, in the wee hours of the morning on Friday. The yes votes came from 49 Republicans and 170 Democrats, according to a statement from the Marijuana Policy Project.
The amendment would prohibit the Department of Justice, including the DEA, from spending funds to prevent states from implementing their own medical marijuana laws.The House’s South Florida Democrat caucus favors the Republican-penned law, all except for Wasserman Schultz and Congresswoman Frederica Wilson.
Pot is pot, and it is still illegal to use, buy, or sell it in the U.S.
