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Jamie Raskin: “Regardless of personal or moral perspectives, the Federal prohibition of cannabis is bad public policy.”

On the recordNovember 14, 2022
Regardless of personal or moral perspectives, the Federal prohibition of cannabis is bad public policy.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin critiques federal cannabis prohibition as ineffective policy.

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