Legal marijuana businesses have difficulty finding banks that will work with them, also due to concerns about breaking federal law. On Thursday, Arizona became the latest state to certify a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana for its November ballot. Some experts have argued that medical marijuana could help cut opioid use. He said the decision left “patients and marijuana businesses trapped between state and federal laws.”Thursday’s DEA decision was a response to a 2011 petition by two former state governors who had urged federal agencies to re-classify marijuana as a drug with accepted medical uses. The position of the US government on marijuana has impacts for states that have legalized its recreational or medical use.

Source: Indian Express August 12, 2016 02:03 UTC