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Home 🌿 Cannabis Technology News 🌿 How a President Bernie Sanders could end the federal marijuana ban 🌿How a President Bernie Sanders could end the federal marijuana ban
The Democratic 2016 contender has urged an end to US opposition to the substance – and were he to win the White House, he could take executive action
When Vermont senator Bernie Sanders called for an end to federal marijuana prohibition this week before an audience of college students, he went further than any major national presidential candidate before him.
“It’s the first time a presidential candidate has made such a forthright statement on legalization,” said Michael Collins, deputy director at Drug Policy Action. “[It’s a] a fairly big nail in the coffin of prohibition.”
But that’s not the only reason his declaration was significant. While many proposals from Sanders and other candidates may not actually come to fruition under any president because they rely on the cooperation of Congress, ending federal prohibition is something a President Sanders could achieve.
That’s because a process exists that requires only the executive...
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