Throughout his tenure in law enforcement, Cole has taken a hardline approach to marijuana and has expressed support for the ‘Just Say No’ strategies of the 1980s.
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“Over a decade into state-level cannabis legalization, the data is unequivocal: Legalization does not increase youth cannabis use.”
Nonetheless, fewer than ten percent of all financial institutions nationwide currently provide services to state-licensed cannabis businesses.
If elected, Harris promises to “work with Congress to ensure that the safe cultivation, distribution, and possession of recreational marijuana is the law of the land.”
States that have legalized the sale of cannabis for either medical or adult-use have collected more than $8.7 billion in marijuana-related taxes since 2021.
“Consumers are unwittingly consuming contaminated products,” researchers reported.
Sixty-one percent of cannabis consumers say that it has a “positive” effect on “most people who use it.”
Cannabis decriminalization will “help address systemic inequities and promote treatment-focused alternatives to criminal penalties for substance use disorders,” the ACP resolved.