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Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is President Donald Trump’s choice for the next U.S. attorney general, has refused to answer questions from federal lawmakers as to where she stands on specific cannabis reform issues, including rescheduling and potential federal enforcement on marijuana companies.
In written responses last week to questions on cannabis policy from U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Peter Welch, Bondi simply wrote, “If confirmed, I will give the matter careful consideration after consulting with appropriate Department officials,” Marijuana Moment reported.
The statements are less than confidence-inspiring for an industry that has been waiting years for significant federal reform to be enacted by either Congress or a presidential administration, and Bondi’s vague position leaves cannabis companies wondering whether the rescheduling process begun under President Joe Biden will ultimately be completed.
Although Trump back in September voiced support for rescheduling – a proposal from the Biden administration to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug instead of its current status as a Schedule I narcotic – as well as banking reforms and other possible moves, the newly inaugurated commander in chief hasn’t mentioned marijuana in any substantive way since then.
In his first term, which ran from 2017 to 2021, Trump was largely hands-off regarding marijuana policy, seemingly content to let lower administration officials deal with cannabis questions. That led to Attorney General Jeff Sessions revoking several cannabis-related policy memos in January 2018, including the Cole Memo. That memo had set the stage for state-legal recreational marijuana frameworks when it was issued in 2013 by outlining specific steps states could take to avoid a widespread crackdown on cannabis companies by the DOJ, since marijuana remains illegal under federal law.
The Cole memo was the subject of some of the questions from senators that Bondi declined to answer, and in doing so, she left up in the air whether she’d approach the cannabis industry as friend or foe. Bondi also dodged cannabis-related policy questions during an in-person confirmation hearing with senators last week, Marijuana Moment reported, and while serving as Florida attorney general, she publicly opposed the legalization of medical cannabis.
The ongoing rescheduling process is also one that could be completely up to the next attorney general, if that’s the direction Trump and his cabinet members choose to pursue, given that the final decision in rescheduling will be up to the head of the Justice Department, not the president.
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