Las Vegas Review-Journal: USPS Has More To Worry About Than Marijuana Ads

In November the United States Postal Service sent a memo to newspaper companies in the Portland, Oregon district stating that it would not deliver newspapers and other publications if the publications included advertising for the marijuana industry. Essentially USPS took the stance that since marijuana is illegal at the federal level, the promotion of those ‘illicit goods’ is illegal too, and USPS would not be participating in those promotions in any way.

This resulted in a backlash from not only the marijuana industry, but also members of Congress. Members of Congress wrote a letter to USPS officials telling them to back off, pointing out that USPS isn’t doing anything other than delivering publications that include advertisements for an industry that is perfectly legal in four states now and in D.C.. I have heard members of Congress complain about the USPS memo, I have heard the readers of publications complain about...

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