Was the U.S. federal marijuana ban lifted completely as some reports claim? While the U.S. Senate quietly did lift parts of the federal medical marijuana ban as part of the spending bill, it is not quite as final as supporters of marijuana legalization would hope. In 2016, Bernie Sanders hopes to win not only the election, but to completely end the federal weed ban with the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act.

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When the newest bit of legislation was snuck into the 2,000-page spending bill, many celebrated the news as legalizing marijuana in the United States.

“The war on medical marijuana is over. Now the fight moves on to legalization of all marijuana. This is the strongest signal we have received from Congress [that] the politics have really shifted,” said Bill Piper of the Drug Policy Alliance. “Congress has been slow to catch up with the states and American people, but it is catching up.”

The Los Angeles Times even announced the news with a headline that said, “Congress quietly ends federal government’s ban on medical marijuana.” Not everyone would agree that the headline is accurate, although the provision introduced by Republican representative Dana Rohrabacher does prevent the U.S. Justice Department from spending money in order stop states, including Washington D.C., from “implementing” cannabis laws allowing medical marijuana.