A handful of Republicans are passing round a memo concerning the risks of hashish ‘psychosis’ whereas urging their colleagues to vote in opposition to measures meant to minimize marijuana restrictions. 

The coverage information by the Home Republican Coverage Committee titled ‘The Victims of Marijuana Use’ explores how hashish merchandise have change into stronger and the way extra instances of marijuana-related well being points have cropped up lately.

It additionally advises GOP members to vote in opposition to measures that will allow hashish firms to entry the U.S. banking system and take away restrictions on marijuana use for federal staff. 

‘Through the 2020 presidential marketing campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris said that marijuana brings folks pleasure, and there must be extra pleasure on the planet,’ the memo states. ‘Except pleasure is related to violence, melancholy, and suicide, Harris is mistaken.’

‘Current research have revealed that marijuana is just not the protected and innocent drug it’s portrayed as, and the excessive share of efficiency in marijuana has enormously contributed to that.’

The Home Republican Coverage Committee is passing round a memo concerning the risks of marijuana and is urging GOP members to vote in opposition to payments meant to chop hashish restrictions

The memo advises Republicans to vote in opposition to the SAFE Banking Act, which might permit hashish companies to entry the U.S. banking system

The memo, first obtained by Marijuana Moment, focuses closely on how marijuana-related psychological well being points have change into extra widespread because the merchandise have change into stronger. 

‘Marijuana is a harmful, addictive drug with no mechanism to regulate rouge producers from growing efficiency and inflicting extra hurt,’ the coverage information states. 

‘Fairly than labeling marijuana as a leisure drug, it ought to be labeled for what it’s—a gateway drug that will increase schizophrenia and impairs cognitive capability.’

‘One purpose the risks related to marijuana have elevated pertains to the excessive focus of THC.’

It cites numerous research noting the will increase in efficiency together with a latest report indicating that cannabis-induced issues have risen 50 p.c from 2019 to 2023. 

In accordance with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC), marijuana customers usually tend to develop psychosis and long-lasting psychological issues like schizophrenia. 

At present, 24 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized leisure marijuana use and greater than half of the U.S. inhabitants dwell in locations the place the drug is authorized. 

The memo additionally urges Republicans to smoke out the bipartisan SAFE Banking Act.

The banking measure seeks to create protections for monetary establishments that present companies to hashish companies. 

Since marijuana is a Schedule 1 substance, and is outlawed federally, monetary establishments have strict restrictions on how they’re allowed to work with hashish companies.

‘Current research have revealed that marijuana is just not the protected and innocent drug it’s portrayed as, and the excessive share of efficiency in marijuana has enormously contributed to that,’ warn some Republicans

Leisure marijuana is authorized in 24 states and Washington, D.C. 

Hashish companies have stringent restrictions barring them from receiving regular monetary companies because the substance is federally outlawed

The Home has handed a number of variations of the banking act with bipartisan assist and the Senate crafted its personal model of the laws. 

‘I intend to deliver the SAFER Banking Act to the Senate flooring with all due pace,’ Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., mentioned in September assertion. 

‘This settlement permits hashish companies which have historically operated in money to lastly have the chance to simply accept credit score and debit playing cards, permitting them to develop their companies, pay their staff, defend their prospects and guarantee public security.’ 

Nonetheless, the measure has not acquired a vote on the Senate flooring.  

The Republican coverage information additionally condemns the bipartisan CURE Act. 

The measure, launched by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and co-led by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., would forestall prior marijuana use for turning into grounds to disclaim federal staff safety clearances.

‘A number of the most certified technical consultants at America’s most modern firms are hashish customers – previous or current,’ Mace has mentioned.

‘Any notion that we’re not taking nationwide safety critically due to somebody’s earlier hashish use is just not correct in any respect,’ she continued. ‘This argument in opposition to hashish is drained, it’s previous and fairly frankly, it’s outdated.’

The CURE Act has but to be dropped at the ground for a vote.