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Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) to speak at Marijuana Policy Project gala

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January 11, 2010, 2:26 pm by Kate Oczypok

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) will be a speaker at the Marijuana Policy Project’s 15th anniversary gala Wednesday. Cohen has been a supporter of the decriminalization of marijuana for medical use, the Associated Press reported.
 
Three years ago, Cohen spoke on the House floor about a friend who used marijuana to ease the pain of pancreatic cancer.


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