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U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) just made a striking admission: Speaking to a group of marijuana activists on Capitol Hill, Rohrabacher said he had recently turned to medical marijuana to help deal with arthritis pain, and it worked.
Two weeks ago, Rohrabacher said, he tried a topical wax-based marijuana treatment. That night, it was "the first time in a year and a half that I had a decent night’s sleep because the arthritis pain was gone," Rohrabacher said.
Rohrabacher is one of the leading conservative voices on overhauling marijuana laws in the U.S. Congress. He's the architect of a provision in federal law that prevents the Department of Justice from interfering with state-level medical marijuana operations. But his statement is nonetheless noteworthy because, according to one close observer, it marks the first time in at least several decades that a sitting U.S. congressman has admitted to marijuana use while in office.
"This is definitely the first legislator in Congress in at least 30-some-odd years who has acknowledged to using marijuana illegally," the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws' executive director, Alan St. Pierre, told Russ Belville of Cannabis Radio yesterday.
Medical marijuana is legal in Rohrabacher's home state of California. But it remains illegal for all uses under federal law.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ys-he-used-medical-marijuana-while-in-office/
Two weeks ago, Rohrabacher said, he tried a topical wax-based marijuana treatment. That night, it was "the first time in a year and a half that I had a decent night’s sleep because the arthritis pain was gone," Rohrabacher said.
Rohrabacher is one of the leading conservative voices on overhauling marijuana laws in the U.S. Congress. He's the architect of a provision in federal law that prevents the Department of Justice from interfering with state-level medical marijuana operations. But his statement is nonetheless noteworthy because, according to one close observer, it marks the first time in at least several decades that a sitting U.S. congressman has admitted to marijuana use while in office.
"This is definitely the first legislator in Congress in at least 30-some-odd years who has acknowledged to using marijuana illegally," the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws' executive director, Alan St. Pierre, told Russ Belville of Cannabis Radio yesterday.
Medical marijuana is legal in Rohrabacher's home state of California. But it remains illegal for all uses under federal law.
cont at
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ys-he-used-medical-marijuana-while-in-office/
