Senator Van Hollen submitted funding requests on behalf of Maryland organizations including a language preventing the Justice Department from interfering with states, like Mariland, that have passed medical marijuana legalization laws. 

S. 1764 Carers Act of 2017 (2017-18)

When asked about the 2022 Nationwide Marijuana Legalizatio Bill, Senator Van Hollen's office responded, “the senator looks forward to reviewing the legislation when it comes under consideration in the Senate…” 04/15/22

"We should not be using federal law enforcement resources to lock people up for the use of marijuana. In fact, no one should be jailed for marijuana use." (1/5/18)

"This is a big mistake," Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) told HuffPost. "In those states where the people in the states have made a determination to decriminalize or legalize marijuana ... the federal government would better spend its resources going after real problems we've got."
1/4/18
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-marijuana-crackdown-democratic-party-election-politics_us_5a4ecee7e4b089e14db9ae04

Maryland Democrat Chris Van Hollen, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, backs the efforts to decriminalize the drug in his state. "I support the action taken in the state legislature," Van Hollen said at a press breakfast on Tuesday. "It's wrong to have so many people behind bars for the use of marijuana. You already have, as Eric Holder has pointed out repeatedly, too many nonviolent offenders in prison in this country."
4/08/14
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2014/04/08/was-maryland-right-to-decriminalize-pot

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