article_snippet.sent: The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States Act was introduced in March.
article_snippet.sent: The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States Act proposes moving cannabis from a schedule
article_snippet.sent: The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States Act has some medicinal value.
article_snippet.sent: The proposed bill does not, however, legalise marijuana in all states, but permits states to set their own policies, the Daily Caller reported. '
article_snippet.sent: The proposed bill couldn’t be any clearer that marijuana has medical value,' Tom Angell, chairman of the Marijuana Majority, told the Daily Caller. '
article_snippet.sent: When even NIDA and the surgeon general are acknowledging that marijuana can help people who are suffering, it is time for the Obama administration to reschedule the drug. '
article_snippet.sent: the surgeon general can initiate that process today, and there’s no reason for the surgeon general not to, especially when polling shows that such a huge majority of Americans supports medical marijuana.'