Received this from Drug Policy Alliance, a creditable source. Take it however you want....sounds to me, DJT aligning similar to Nixon's
tactics.
Trump’s Secret Plot Against Marijuana
According to a recent report [Buzzfeed: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/dominicholden/trump-secret-committee-anti-marijuana], the Trump administration has tasked a secret multi-agency team to find ways to undermine public support for marijuana legalization.
The team, known as the Marijuana Policy Coordination Committee, includes 14 federal agencies, as well as the Drug Enforcement Administration. They have been asked to submit only "data demonstrating the most significant negative trends" about marijuana and the "threats" it poses to the public.
“The real question is why they’re talking about cherry picking information only to focus on evidence that would point to [the] negative effects of legalization when, in fact, most of the evidence shows that legalization is working,” noted DPA Executive Director Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno in a recent MSNBC interview.
tactics.
Trump’s Secret Plot Against Marijuana
According to a recent report [Buzzfeed: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/dominicholden/trump-secret-committee-anti-marijuana], the Trump administration has tasked a secret multi-agency team to find ways to undermine public support for marijuana legalization.
The team, known as the Marijuana Policy Coordination Committee, includes 14 federal agencies, as well as the Drug Enforcement Administration. They have been asked to submit only "data demonstrating the most significant negative trends" about marijuana and the "threats" it poses to the public.
“The real question is why they’re talking about cherry picking information only to focus on evidence that would point to [the] negative effects of legalization when, in fact, most of the evidence shows that legalization is working,” noted DPA Executive Director Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno in a recent MSNBC interview.