The Trump administration’s move to federally reschedule marijuana is “politically good” for efforts to legalize cannabis at the state level in Pennsylvania, a senator says, because it could “create a permission structure for Republicans” to embrace the reform.
“I think that Democrats are largely very supportive of legalization. I think that the reticence, where it exists, is largely within Republican, more conservative circles,” Sen. Sharif Street (D) said in an interview published by City & State Pennsylvania on Friday. “The Trump administration—a Republican administration—signaling that it believes it either is or should be rescheduled, depending on how you interpret what he did, certainly creates political cover for Republicans who may want to move forward.”
“They can say, ‘Look, even the Trump administration is supportive of rescheduling,’” the Democratic senator said, of his colleagues across the aisle.” So if you are a Pennsylvania state senator in a very red district…it makes it a lot easier for them to advance something that’s commonsense legislation. From that perspective, it’s very helpful politically, because he is signaling to the portion of the population that has been the most resistant that this is a good idea and important.”
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