Will weed finally be legalized federally during this administration?
The thing is, Pharma has fought marijuana legalization, it wants control over pot for itself. Pharma is considered the most powerful lobby in Congress. Even with a Democratic Congress legal pot has many hurdles.
(From The Hill)
Asked about the state of play at the federal level, and particularly what action Biden could take unilaterally, Higdon said that under the terms of the Controlled Substances Act, “it appears as if the president, though the attorney general, can remove any drug from the controlled substances list if the attorney general decides to.”
He noted that while the Obama administration never took any such action, “it seems like it’s on the books that it could be done that way.”
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