During a session with reporters last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended the decision to include marijuana banking protections in Democrats’ latest coronavirus relief bill. She stated, “I don’t agree with you that cannabis is not related to this…this is a therapy that has proven successful.” In response, on Tuesday Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) criticized House Speaker Pelosi’s comments on the Senate Floor. He affirmed, “She said that, with respect to this virus, marijuana is ‘a therapy that has proven successful.’ You can’t make this up…I hope she shares her breakthrough with Dr. Fauci.” Majority Leader McConnell has previously expressed his opposition to allocating funds for marijuana studies in the next coronavirus bill, however he has not specifically commented on cannabis banking provisions.
