Here’s How Joe Biden Became The Biggest Barrier to Cannabis Legalization

Joe Biden went from being the pro-pot presidential candidate to being the biggest barrier to the federal legalization of weed.

While we maintained skepticism regarding Joe Biden’s willingness to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis, given his comments about cannabis being a gateway drug and his historic opposition to legalization, his statements about decriminalizing cannabis on a federal level gave hope to the broader cannabis industry that change would indeed come if he was elected.

Moreover, Kamala Harris had previously supported cannabis legalization and spoke favorably about her experiences smoking cannabis on a radio show.

While Vice President Harris subsequently walked her opinions back to align with Joe Biden’s, by supporting decriminalization, she nonetheless clearly had a nominally positive opinion about legalization, (again, despite a history that warranted skepticism.)

As such, pot stocks soared upon news of Biden’s presidency, with several U.S. states legalizing cannabis in the following week after his election. And if all of that wasn’t enough, Democrats then gained control of the U.S. Senate, meaning that the Dems now controlled all levers of…