Democrat Perlmutter introduced the SAFE Banking Act last April with co-sponsors Reps. Denny Heck, D-Washington, and Don Young, R-Alaska. Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner announced their sponsorship of a Senate companion bill last May. The House bill, which currently has 64 co-sponsors, is a reintroduction of the Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act, which was first introduced in 2013 — and again in 2015 — but subsequently languished.
Denver Post 1/16/2018
Signed by supporter Cynthia Coffman, Att'y General Colorado
We have to do something. My wife works in insurance. The MJ retailers have to pay their premiums with grocery bags of cash. Very unsafe and a target for crime. Just legalize it.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
