End Federal Marijuana Ban | Portland News

Portland News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 17, 2026 · 1m

Senator Ron Wyden and fellow Democrats are pushing to end the federal marijuana ban with a sweeping new bill, the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, designed to remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances list and empower states to set their own laws. Beyond legalization, the bill tackles economic justice, public health, and social equity — including expunging non-violent cannabis convictions, allowing resentencing, and reinvesting tax revenue into communities hardest hit by the War on Drugs. It also modernizes cannabis regulation with FDA oversight, bans youth-targeted flavored…