Sanders Introduces Bill to Lift Federal Marijuana Ban

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders introduced a bill Wednesday that would take marijuana off the federal government’s list of Schedule 1 drugs and effectively end federal prohibition against the plant, which would be a game-changer for the cannabis industry.

This is the first time such a bill has been introduced in the Senate.

The measure would not legalize cannabis – instead, it would allow individual states to decide how they want to handle marijuana. The bill would also…