Trump and Biden Backed Easing Marijuana Policy. What Happened?

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Trump and Biden Backed Easing Marijuana Policy. What Happened?

Removing marijuana from the government’s most restrictive class of drugs had rare bipartisan support last year. But the D.E.A. slowed the effort and legal challenges followed.For the first time in generations, a major overhaul of federal drug policy appeared imminent.During his final year in office, former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. moved to downgrade marijuana from the government’s most restrictive class of drugs.The change would not legalize recreational cannabis under federal law, but would remove it from a category that includes heroin and make it easier for scientists to study marijuana’s therapeutic uses.Donald J. Trump, then a candidate for president, ..