Colorado Senate OKs Bill Guarding Against Pot Crackdown

DENVER (AP) – The Colorado Senate passed a bill Wednesday to allow pot growers and retailers to reclassify recreational pot as medical marijuana in the event of a federal crackdown.
The bill is seen as the boldest bid yet by a U.S. marijuana state to avoid possible federal intervention in its pot market. But critics say nothing guarantees that reclassifying pot as medicine would stop federal action.
Marijuana is illegal under federal law, and the Trump administration has given mixed signal