Testimony of Aaron Smith, Executive Director, NCIA, Before The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security

The cannabis industry has evolved into a national commercial enterprise generating significant tax revenue, generating hundreds of thousands of jobs, and providing people access to plant-based medicines that work to alleviate pain and treat symptoms of myriad diseases. State laws that have replaced the criminal markets with systems that provide for tightly regulated production and sale of cannabis to patients and adults over 21 are improving public safety. But, the unnecessary burdens caused by outdated federal policies must be resolved to benefit our communities’ entrepreneurs.