Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida proposed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would end cannabis testing for servicemen.
A proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act would abolish testingThe proposed amendment, a"prohibition on cannabis testing for enlistment or commission in certain armed forces," was introduced by"Our military is facing a recruitment and retainment crisis unlike any other time in American history," Gaetz said of the amendment on social media Wednesday.
"The Secretary of the military department concerned may not require an individual to submit to a test for cannabis as a condition of enlistment of such individual as a member, or the commission of such individual as an officer, of an Armed Force," the proposed amendment reads.Last year,pardoned thousands of Americans who faced federal marijuana possession charges — but not members of the military.
Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida.
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