Mapped: The growing Congressional support for drug policy reform

November 1, 2014
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The 113th Congress has seen the emergence of a bipartisan majority working to reform the nation’s drug laws, according to a new scorecard released by Drug Policy Action, a non-profit group in favor of overhauling federal drug policy.

The group scored U.S. House members according to their votes on seven key drug reform measures, like allowing states to grow industrial hemp and preventing the Justice Department from undermining state marijuana laws. In 2014, “a clear bipartisan consensus favored letting states set their own marijuana policies and move forward with industrial hemp cultivation,” according to the report.Forty nine representatives, including 11 Republicans, earned A+ grades indicating they voted for reform on all seven amendments. One hundred seventy nine Democrats and 64 Republicans supported at least three of the measures, earning them a rating of C or better. [Read More]

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