Biden Administration Unlikely to Make Cannabis Legalization a Priority

It appears as if cannabis legalization will not be a top priority for a potential Joe Biden administration. That’s based on the issue not being among the recommendations made to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by a criminal justice task force his campaign created in partnership with former 2020 primary rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

According to MarjuanaMoment.com, advocates had held out hope that the panel would push the former vice president to join the majority of U.S. voters—and a supermajority of Democrats—in backing legal cannabis. But, despite the fact that most individual members of the Biden-Sanders group have previously gone on record in favor of legalization on an individual basis, the task force report mostly reiterates the candidate’s existing position while adding a few specifics.

Read the entire Marijuana Moment report for the complete story.