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Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) calls for federal marijuana legalization…

The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) said that “the current conflict between state and federal law is not only causing adverse consequences for consumers and non-consumers of cannabis but will also have long-term public health and safety costs that are too great to ignore.”

…makes a point to endorse the idea of having the federal government open the doors to interstate cannabis commerce – a position widely embraced by industry stakeholders and lawmakers in a growing number of states. WSWA pointed to a policy brief it first drafted in 2021 that lays out regulatory priorities that the association says lawmakers should keep in mind as members work to replace prohibition with a legalization framework. The brief says that policymakers should draw from the experience of alcohol regulations to develop a model for marijuana that promotes industry competition, innovation and public safety. The transition from alcohol prohibition to legalization represents “an American success story” that should be replicated with cannabis, it said. Again, the association isn’t suggesting that federal regulations should totally supplant those that have been established in states across the U.S., but some level of regulatory oversight and taxation could support those programs and help normalize the cannabis sector.

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Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) calls for federal marijuana legalization…
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