{"id":8328,"date":"2018-06-08T15:33:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T15:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/?p=3076905"},"modified":"2018-06-08T15:33:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T15:33:04","slug":"donald-trump-would-probably-support-legalizing-colorados-marijuana-industry-through-bid-by-cory-gardner-and-elizabeth-warren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/donald-trump-would-probably-support-legalizing-colorados-marijuana-industry-through-bid-by-cory-gardner-and-elizabeth-warren\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump would \u201cprobably\u201d support legalizing Colorado\u2019s marijuana industry \u2014 through bid by Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/donald-trump-would-probably-support-legalizing-colorados-marijuana-industry-through-bid-by-cory-gardner-and-elizabeth-warren\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/donald-trump-would-probably-support-legalizing-colorados-marijuana-industry-through-bid-by-cory-gardner-and-elizabeth-warren.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 A bill that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/06\/07\/colorado-legalized-marijuana-federal-restrictions\/\">would protect state marijuana laws<\/a> from federal interference received a major plug\u00a0on Friday\u00a0when President Donald Trump said he likely would back the measure \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/06\/08\/marijuana-industry-federal-restrictions\/\">introduced a day earlier<\/a> by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(I) probably will end up supporting\u201d it, Trump told reporters during a 20-minute exchange with reporters at the White House, according to pool reports.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., 46 states and several territories have legalized marijuana in some fashion but the drug remains illegal under federal law. The bill by Gardner, R-Colo., and Warren, D-Mass., would force Washington to respect state laws on pot, from medical applications to recreational use.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\">[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Because marijuana is illegal at the federal level, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/news\/marijuana\/\">cannabis companies<\/a> face a number of financial obstacles \u2014 the biggest being their inability to use banks or bank services.\u00a0The Gardner-Warren bill would lift that restriction.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there would be limitations. For example, the sale of marijuana would be prohibited at rest areas and truck stops, according to a bill summary.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments Friday build on an earlier discussion he had with Gardner on marijuana.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\" \/>\n<p>Gardner, in Denver on Friday for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/06\/06\/jeff-session-scott-pruitt-denver-western-conservative-summit\/\">Western Conservative Summit<\/a>, welcomed Trump\u2019s comment on the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a positive sign. I had spoken to the president yesterday morning, before we had introduced the bill, making sure he was familiar with the legislative efforts and reminding him what we had talked about before \u2014 about his decision to approach this through a state\u2019s rights lens,\u201d Gardner said. \u201cHe liked the idea \u2014 the concept \u2014 and of course this morning you saw the same thing where he said that he supported the efforts, he knows exactly what I\u2019m doing and most likely will support it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In April, Gardner agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/04\/13\/trump-gardner-colorado-marijuana-industry-not-targeted\/\">end a weekslong blockade<\/a> of nominees to the U.S. Department of Justice \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/01\/04\/cory-gardner-jeff-sessions-marijuana-policy\/\">one that started<\/a> over the agency\u2019s marijuana policies \u2014 when Trump told him that his administration wouldn\u2019t mess with Colorado\u2019s cannabis industry.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told him: \u201cYou have my support for a legislative solution that will allow a states\u2019 rights approach,\u201d Gardner said at the time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Staff writer Jesse Paul contributed to this article.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>A bill that would protect state marijuana laws from federal interference received a major plug\u00a0on Friday\u00a0when President Donald Trump said he likely would back the measure &#8212; introduced a day earlier by U.S. Sens. 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