7 Reasons President Trump Is Unlikely to Fight Leg
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Posted On: 12/17/2016 4:29:08 PM
7 Reasons President Trump Is Unlikely to Fight Legal Marijuana
"Waging a war on pot would go against the will of many voters."
"Public opinion on marijuana is going in the opposite direction."
"It does not seem high on his list of priorities."
"Trump himself has said he supports medical marijuana and that states should handle the question of whether to legalize."
"There’s a lot of money in marijuana these days and the prospect of much more in the future. "
"While many bigwig venture capitalists and corporations are still wary of writing checks because of prohibition, others are proving eager to cash in on the “green rush.” Among them is even a member of Trump’s transition team, Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel. “There’s a huge amount of capital formation,” says Vitiello. “There are literally billions of dollars of investment in these gray market establishments.”
http://time.com/4594445/legal-marijuana-trump...ns-policy/
"The extent of federal government’s authority over these matters is unclear."
"Should the Trump Administration decide that it wants to interfere, there are clear limitations, says University of Denver’s Kamin. The federal government cannot require states to prohibit marijuana, nor can it force states to enforce federal law. While the Drug Enforcement Administration could go into any state and arrest every single dispensary owner, at least in theory, the state and local police would be under no clear legal obligation to help. In the past, the feds have focused more on big fish. “Historically,” Kamin says, “the federal government is not the primary enforcer of drug laws in this country. The states are.”
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/144orig_6479.pdf
"Waging a war on pot would go against the will of many voters."
"Public opinion on marijuana is going in the opposite direction."
"It does not seem high on his list of priorities."
"Trump himself has said he supports medical marijuana and that states should handle the question of whether to legalize."
"There’s a lot of money in marijuana these days and the prospect of much more in the future. "
"While many bigwig venture capitalists and corporations are still wary of writing checks because of prohibition, others are proving eager to cash in on the “green rush.” Among them is even a member of Trump’s transition team, Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel. “There’s a huge amount of capital formation,” says Vitiello. “There are literally billions of dollars of investment in these gray market establishments.”
http://time.com/4594445/legal-marijuana-trump...ns-policy/
"The extent of federal government’s authority over these matters is unclear."
"Should the Trump Administration decide that it wants to interfere, there are clear limitations, says University of Denver’s Kamin. The federal government cannot require states to prohibit marijuana, nor can it force states to enforce federal law. While the Drug Enforcement Administration could go into any state and arrest every single dispensary owner, at least in theory, the state and local police would be under no clear legal obligation to help. In the past, the feds have focused more on big fish. “Historically,” Kamin says, “the federal government is not the primary enforcer of drug laws in this country. The states are.”
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/144orig_6479.pdf
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