Biden to pick attorney general soon; choice could favor marijuana industry
Biden’s choice to lead the U.S. Department of Justice is expected to be more favorable to the industry after four years of Jeff Sessions and William Barr, appointees of President Donald Trump who were both hostile toward marijuana.
Sessions rescinded the Cole memo, an Obama-era policy protecting state-legal marijuana businesses from federal prosecution.
While that move rattled marijuana executives, the U.S. Department of Justice under Sessions remained mostly indifferent to the industry.