“There really isn’t an upside, from a public safety and regulation standpoint, or from a public opinion and political standpoint, to try to turn back the clock here,” argues Taylor West, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association.

Time is, indeed, of the essence; Trump, like it or not, will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on Jan. 20.

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