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Senators Plan to Introduce Federal Medical Marijuana Bill

          Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus Share via Email More Options                     Share on Google Plus Share on LinkedIn Share on Tumblr Resize Text Print Article File photo of marijuana plants on display for sale at the medical marijuana farmers market at the California Heritage Market in Los Angeles, California, on July 11, 2014. (David McNew/Reuters) UPDATE, 7:30 p.m.: This post was updated to provide more details on the provisions in the bill. In what advocates describe as an historic first, a trio of senators plan to unveil a federal medical marijuana bill Tuesday. The bill, to be introduced by Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), would end the federal ban on medical marijuana and implement a series of reforms long sought by advocates. They include downgrading its status with the Drug E