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"But then one night I was self-medicating,” Maher said. “A name appeared in the vapor above me. The only person who is a sure thing is Oprah Winfrey.”

At a press conference Monday, Beijing’s leading drug enforcement agency blamed marijuana legalization in Canada and parts of the United States resulting in increased drug smuggling to China.

Although President Donald Trump has remained mostly quiet on the issue of marijuana up to this point, some believe that could all change in the coming months.

Matthew Gaetz believes his Democratic colleagues have good ideas around cannabis reform, but they’re too distracted by investigations and allegations around if Trump did not obstruct justice and collude with Russia.

Out of all the Democratic candidates that have put their hats in the ring, the one that has the best chance at earning it, former Vice President Joe Biden, might be a little backwards when it comes to marijuana reform.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer said that supporting marijuana prohibition and demonizing users is an inevitably losing strategy in the political sector moving forward.

Although the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced a few years back that it would license more cannabis growers that just the University of Mississippi to produce research marijuana, the agency still hasn’t made good on its promise.

Bernie Sanders was adamant about the need to end the War on Drugs, believing marijuana legalization could go a long way to fixing the disparities that currently exist in the criminal justice system.

Donald Trump privately pushed back against the former Attorney General after rescinding the Cole Memo, telling Cory Gardner that '[Sessions] needs to stop this.'

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's comments come on the heels of many Democratic presidential nominees, including Sen. Kamala Harris, openly embracing cannabis legalization ahead of the 2020 Election.