National fact-checking nonprofit Politifact reached out to Strategies 64 partner Mason Tvert for its “Biden Promise Tracker” feature on cannabis policy. Specifically, they sought his opinion on whether President Joe Biden’s recent actions around rescheduling cannabis fulfill his 2020 campaign promise to decriminalize the use of cannabis.
Obviously, marijuana has not yet been “decriminalized,” but he’s done
So, although rescheduling “is in progress and moving forward, it will not be finished before Biden leaves office,” said Mason Tvert, a partner with the cannabis consulting company Strategies 64. “This is a lengthy administrative process, and there is always the prospect of legal challenges, which have already begun and will likely continue.”
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“President Biden undeniably took the biggest step toward rolling back federal marijuana prohibition in American history,” Tvert said.
