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FDR Ended Prohibition. Now, President Biden is Ending the War on Weed.

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       In March 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed legislation repealing Prohibition, quipping, "I think this would be a good time for beer." Later that year, the 21st Amendment took Prohibition out of the Constitution, starting off Roosevelt's historic presidency with the decriminalization of alcohol. We are seeing a modern version of this play out with the Biden administration and its cannabis policy.      On December 2nd, 2022, President Biden signed the historic Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act, legislation that required the DEA to federally recognize cannabis researchers, allowed them to legally possess the substance, offered protections for cannabis research, and even required annual updates on cannabis research. Even more significantly, this was the FIRST piece of standalone cannabis legislation signed into law in United States history.      In July of that year, Senators Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, and Cory Booker introduced leg

A Running List of President Biden's Vetoes

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     In March 2023, more than two years after taking office, President Biden issued his first veto. Since then, he has issued 10 more, for a total of 11 vetoes preventing legislation passed by Cuckold Kevin McCarthy and MAGA Mike Johnson from becoming the law of the land. They are as follows: March 20, 2023: President Biden vetoed a bill that would have reversed a Department of Labor rule bolstering environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. April 6, 2023: President Biden vetoed a bill that would have weakened protections for waterways in the United States. May 16, 2023: President Biden vetoed a bill that would have overturned a Department of Commerce rule to support the solar industry. May 25, 2023: President Biden vetoed a bill that would have overturned important police reform provisions made in Washington, D.C. June 7, 2023: President Biden vetoed a bill that would have overturned President Biden's student loan forgiveness program. June 14, 2023: President Biden vet