Recently Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) came to the defense of marijuana when support for the marijuana industry was suggested by some to be unrelated to the public health crisis.
“I don’t agree with you that cannabis is not related to this,” Pelosi said at a press briefing in the Capitol. “This is a therapy that has proven successful.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) responded to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA’s comments and said that Pelosi is “still agitating for strange, new special interest carve-outs for the marijuana industry and even claiming they are COVID-related.”
“She said that, with respect to this virus, marijuana is ‘a therapy that has proven successful.’ You can’t make this up,” he said.
“I hope she shares her breakthrough with Dr. Fauci,” McConnell said. Dr. Fauci is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director who has been helping to lead the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
The FDA has said that there’s currently no solid evidence that cannabinoids can treat COVID-19 and it’s warned companies that make that claim.
