The Weed Industry Isn’t Feeling Too Anxious About Trump 2.0

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Marijuana entrepreneurs and advocates may not like Trump, but some see opportunity with his pick of RFK Jr. to lead HHS.

that he was backing Florida’s Amendment 3, which would have legalized recreational weed in the state and Ron Wyden , along with Reps. Barbara Lee , Earl Blumenauer , and Ilhan Omar , drafted a letter in November asking Biden to finalize his plans to limit marijuana prosecutions at the federal level before he leaves the Oval Office.

Trying to track all Trump’s nominees and their varying stances on legalization will give you whiplash. Until now, federal prohibition has squelched any possibility of interstate commerce, since crossing state lines with cannabis violates federal law. While that’s been frustrating for operators with single-state licenses, it’s also protected them from being squeezed out by multi-state corporations.

Some marijuana activists also anticipate that things could change for the better under Trump, even if it means chaos. Danny “Danko” Vinkovetsky, the former, points out that federal law hasn’t changed under any of the five presidential administrations since he started out as a grower in the ‘90s. He says moving marijuana to Schedule III could actually be a step in the wrong direction, if it ends up giving control of legal cannabis to the pharmaceutical industry.

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