WHAT WILL JOE BIDEN DO?

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In January, Joe Biden, who hasn’t endorsed legalization, will be sworn in to lead a nation increasingly comfortable with it.

• Support for legalization is strong among Democrats than in the country as a whole. In a new documentary, (see below) Sen. Cory Booker said Biden’s plan to decriminalize is not enough. In multiple states with ballot initiatives, legalization got more votes than Biden or Trump.
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• Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) wants to become the first state in the former confederacy to legalize REC.
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• Flow Cannabis CEO Michael Steinmetz argued legalization can help Biden address the country’s most intractible challenges, like race relations and climate change.
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• In his new memoir, Barack Obama said Republicans gave him a “handy excuse” to avoid legalization.
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