What’s Donald Trump’s Stance on Cannabis Legalization?

With presidential elections six months away, what would a Donald Trump re-election mean for cannabis reform?

It goes without saying that the past 12 months have been challenging, particularly for the cannabis industry. There were CEO scandals and step-downs, the vaping crisis toward the end of last year, and now, of course, the COVID-19 crisis.

Economies have been ravaged, unemployment has skyrocketed globally, and cannabis stocks have continued to plummet downward.

Though interestingly, there have also been some silver linings amid this difficult period. The vaping crisis of 2019 was found to be largely attributable to black-market vaporizers, and cannabis dispensaries were deemed “essential” amid the coronavirus pandemic, solidifying their place in society as cannabis sales climbed while virtually every other industry collapsed.

In some ways, the COVID-19 crisis has shown us precisely how embedded cannabis dispensaries have already become in U.S. culture, particularly for medicinal patients.

Though with all of this going on, it can be easy to forget that there’s a presidential election in November, between the incumbent 45th U.S. president, Donald Trump, and the Democrat…