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Democrats are embracing legal marijuana. Why is Biden reluctant to fully join the party?

As Democrats rally around marijuana legalization, President Joe Biden remains hesitant to fully embrace the idea, which some advocates say may be wasting an opportunity to appeal to a wide variety of voters. “It’s an enormously powerful public policy lever,”…

What Is Biden’s Beef With Cannabis?

In March of this year, at least five members of the Biden administration had their employment terminated, at least in part for admitting to past marijuana use. To be clear, “marihuana” remains 100% illegal under federal law. While that is…

More potential Biden hires penalized for marijuana use

The Biden administration reiterated today that it wants to end criminal penalties for marijuana use nationally. That hasn't stopped it from penalizing people who want to join the administration for past pot use, however. Responding to a Daily Beast story earlier this…

Why Voting Yes to Cannabis Will Help States’ Pandemic-Stricken Economies

October 8, 2020
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By Smoke Wallin The presidential race is not the only election in 2020 that is pivotal to our economic future. After an unprecedented $10.9 billion in worldwide sales generated in 2018, legal cannabis sales are projected to hit between…

Joe Biden and Cannabis: Everything You Need to Know

Just in case you needed the reminder, Election Day is now just 44 days away. Amid the chaos that's been the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, tens of millions of Americans around the country will soon head to their local…

Kamala Harris Pledged a Joe Biden Administration Would Decriminalize Marijuana

Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris said, if elected, she and presidential nominee Joe Biden would plan to decriminalize the use of marijuana. Harris outlined the proposal’s broad strokes during a virtual roundtable she hosted with ABC through Facebook Live on September…

The Marijuana Superweapon Biden Refuses to Use

Democratic political consultants dream of issues like marijuana legalization. Democrats are overwhelmingly in favor of it, polls show. So are independents. A majority of Republicans favor it now too. It motivates progressives, young people, and Black Americans to vote. Put…

Biden’s opposition to marijuana legalization is at odds with most Americans’ views

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, still opposes federal marijuana legalization — putting him at odds not just with the majority of Democrats but also Americans overall. In debates, in his criminal justice reform plan, and in…

Biden says marijuana may be a ‘gateway drug.’ Like most of his generation, he’s not ready to legalize it.

On the question of marijuana, former vice president Joe Biden might seem out of step with the crowd. There are his competitors in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, many of whom have said they want to legalize the drug. There’s the American…