As an election issue competing against the immediacy of a global pandemic, an economic crisis, and a renegade in the White House, the legalization of marijuana was always likely to be something of a slow burn.
Voters in Oregon, where cannabis is already legal, also approved a measure addressing street drugs and another that sought to legalize psychedelic mushrooms’ therapeutic use.
“this is hugely positive, but it’s going to take focused, hard work and pressure to make sure words become reality,”
Of course, it’s important to remember that the Sessions for Pruitt swap is still officially uncorroborated