Former President Donald Trump hinted during a Thursday press conference that he has grown more supportive of adult-use cannabis policies as the reforms continue to sweep the country, Marijuana Moment reports.
“As we legalize it, I start to agree a lot more because, you know, it’s being legalized all over the country,” Trump told reporters at Mar-o-Lago, his home in Palm Beach, Florida. The former president hinted at his apparent evolution on cannabis after reporters asked him about the Biden Administration’s plan to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act.
Trump also neglected to say whether he would support the adult-use cannabis amendment being considered by Florida voters this November, but said he would announce his position “fairly soon.”
“As we legalize it throughout the country — whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing — it’s awfully hard to have people all over the jails that are in jail right now for something that’s legal. So I think obviously there’s a lot of sentiment to doing that.” — Trump, to reporters, via Marijuana Moment
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