A petition is now being circulated by the advocacy group Alliance for Sensible Markets for anyone wanting to press the governors of Western states to urge the U.S. Department of Justice to clarify what would happen if states agreed to control cannabis trade among themselves.
Currently, every state’s cannabis industry is compartmentalized in its boundaries. The coalition claims that if cannabis is legalized on a federal level, the matter will be essentially fixed, though it was noted that “while federal legalization feels inevitable, it could still be years away.” In the meantime, they believe the Justice Department should provide compliance guidelines.
“A simple clarification… could be game-changing, not only for thousands of small businesses across our states, but for millions of legal patients who still lack access to the best and most affordable legal cannabis products,” the group added.
