Marijuana legalization does not automatically equate the erasure of a decades-long underground operations, but the 'Costco of Cannabis' hopes to persuade black market consumers.
This week saw Sen. Cory Booker aim directly at former Vice President Joe Biden, who released his extensive plan for criminal justice reform, which included Biden’s proposal to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule II drug.
Joe Biden released a criminal justice plan that includes expungement of all past marijuana use convictions and reclassifying cannabis as a Schedule II drug.
While the research is limited in its scope due to its reliance on self-reported findings, it did hint at some explanations for these rises in cannabis usage.