Another Day, Another Anti-Marijuana Cabinet Appointee by Trump

November 30, 2016
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President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as his pick for Health and Human Services secretary, a position that could offer the anti-marijuana legislator more control over medical access to the drug.

Although federal regulation of illicit drugs rests primarily with the Justice Department, the HHS secretary holds some powers that could restrict how available marijuana is in states that have legalized it for recreational or medicinal use. For instance, drug policy observers say that the agency could penalize doctors or sue sellers who work with medical marijuana in those states, since the substance remains illegal under federal law.

Price is one of the most consistently anti-marijuana members of Congress, voting against a number of marijuana proposals before the House in recent years. [Read more at Washington Post]

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