The Republican governor of Indiana says that, if President Donald Trump moves forward on federally rescheduling marijuana, the national reform could add “a little bit of fire” to the local push for cannabis legalization in his state.
But at the same time, a GOP U.S. senator who represents Indiana is doubling down on his opposition to reform.
Gov. Mike Braun (R)—who said earlier this year that he’s “amenable” to medical cannabis legalization, while expressing reservations about broader reform—said during a news conference on Tuesday that he thinks rescheduling under the Trump administration could move the needle in Indiana’s conservative legislature.
“I think you can kind of extrapolate what’s happened over the last five to seven years if you’re going to want to try to gauge what may happen over the next few years,” Braun said, as The Indianapolis Star reported. “So I think [Trump’s comment] probably adds a little more fuel to the fire in terms of the speed with which it might occur.”
The president didn’t explicitly say he intends to direct a reclassification of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) at a press conference on Monday—but he acknowledged the need for
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