President Biden and Vice President Harris have ramped up their support for marijuana law reform in recent weeks and months, and it appears unlikely they’ll slow down as we get closer to the November election.
Although former President Trump did not go after legal marijuana states —choosing to take a hands-off approach—his administration took no action to reform marijuana laws, and his first attorney general rescinded a Department of Justice memo protecting state marijuana laws. President Biden and Vice President Harris are already seizing on this, choosing to compare Trump’s inaction with their decision to take a more proactive approach.
The comparisons have already begun, with Vice President Harris saying at an event yesterday that Trump “took marijuana reform backwards”, while noting the accomplishments of the Biden/Harris Administration. The Biden/Harris campaign then sent an e-mail to supporters making note of Harris’ comments. These type of comparisons will only intensify in the coming weeks, with multiple nationwide polls released in recent months showing that around 2/3rds of American voters support legalization, including a majority of Republicans.
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