Why the Hell Isn't Biden Ending the Federal War on Cannabis?

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Daily Beast

Getting the federal government out of the “war on marijuana” is popular with both Republicans and Democrats. Why is Biden not keeping his promise to do it?

Ben Burgis
Published Jul. 13, 2022 8:00PM ET

Joe Biden and the Democrats are in deep trouble. The president’s approval ratings are in the sewer and all signs continue to indicate that his party will be pulverized this fall.

It’s not surprising. Biden enjoyed public support at the beginning of his presidency when he was actually doing things for the public (like economic stimulus and child tax credits). All of that’s a distant memory now. The president and his spokespeople barely even talk about the ambitious legislative proposals they introduced with so much fanfare in 2021. And gas and food keep getting more expensive.

Under these circumstances, you would think that the administration would be leaping for any action they could possibly take that lies in the overlap area of the Venn Diagram of (a) promises that Biden made during the 2020 campaign that (b) can be carried out by executive action (no need to get the often recalcitrant Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema on board), and crucially (c), are extremely popular.

And yet.

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If Joe supported ending the "war", and Congress did it, we would ace the 2022 & 2024 elections.