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Government,
Criminal

Feb. 10, 2021

With a new day in DC for pot, are the feds not far behind?

America is fracturing as this past presidential election and the Jan. 6 melee at the capitol demonstrated. But we are not divided in all respects. There is one issue that is remarkably “kumbaya-ing” in America: marijuana.

Julie A. Werner-Simon

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Email: jawsmedia.la@gmail.com

Julie A. Werner-Simon is a former federal prosecutor, former constitutional law fellow, and currently serves as a law professor (adjunct) at University of Southern California's Gould School of Law, Drexel University's Kline School of Law, and is also a legal analyst at Drexel's LeBow School of Business.

America is fracturing as this past presidential election and the Jan. 6 melee at the capitol demonstrated. But we are not divided in all respects. There is one issue that is remarkably "kumbaya-ing" in America: marijuana. On Nov. 3, 2020, there were five states which had marijuana on the ballot. In each of those states (Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota), the marijuana-legalization initiatives passed with more votes than the winning presidenti...

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