A Biden/Harris presidency could prove beneficial for a surging cannabis reform movement and its market after a clean sweep across five states on Election Day.
It's a sign the Democrats are trying to get a jump start on a promise by President-elect Joe Biden to eliminate the criminal penalties for pot offenders.
Not only has federal legalization managed to garner somewhere between 60%-65% favorability over the past few years, but the support has now grown considerably.
Joe Biden did not campaign on legalizing marijuana but it is possible, maybe even likely, that the federal prohibition of marijuana ends under his watch.
Although more than half the nation has laws on the books that allow people to use marijuana for medicinal use, the federal government isn’t as progressive.