America’s medical marijuana industry is currently estimated to be worth $5.3 billion, benefits nearly 2 million patients in 30 states, and is in serious jeopardy of losing its protected status if the previous federal budget is not extended by Friday.
Within the existing budget, the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment – originally referred to as the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment – has shielded medical marijuana states and their patients from federal prosecution since 2014.
An annual obstacle, this is a potential problem faced every year that has usually been resolved at the final hour, but concerns are especially high under Sessions. As the existing federal budget is set to expire this Friday, more than a few medical marijuana states, medical marijuana businesses, and congressional leaders are busy wringing their hands with an elevated sense of anxiety.
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