claim: "most americans are ready to put it [marijuana prohibition] behind us and move on."
author: mason tvert
evidence_1: jun 28, 2018 ... the move, championed by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell (r-ky), ...  charles grassley (r-ia), one of congress's most ardent opponents of marijuana  law reform, ... lift a decades-old ban on growing industrial hemp on american soil.  ... house republican leaders blocked a vote to make hemp ...
evidence_2: jun 21, 2018 ... the law will go into effect on october 17, with at least some sales ... previously,  the south american nation of uruguay was the only one ... “canada's current  system of marijuana prohibition does not work. ... it would also be available to  anyone (of legal age) in retail outlets after legalization — meaning it ...
evidence_3: jul 11, 2018 ... it's an idea that may sound counterintuitive to many americans who falsely ... is  putting himself in a position to make history by becoming the u.s. president who  ... but they've got a lot of problems going on right now, in colorado. ... after they  became the first states to end marijuana prohibition, never had the ...
evidence_4: oct 17, 2018 ... pot ceo pleads for trump to help america's marijuana industry as canada gets  ... some business owners in the u.s. cannabis industry say america must either  ... "if we wait two years, we're going to be way behind the eight ball here," he ...  yet federal marijuana criminalization prohibits american cannabis ...
evidence_5: jul 11, 2018 ... marijuana will be legal on both sides of the border in some places. ... just the  second country to nationally legalize recreational marijuana after uruguay, ... “all  of the americans are going to be welcome. ... but the drug is prohibited under  u.s. federal law and is classified as schedule i, on par with heroin.