In the US, where obtaining cannabis is as easy as ordering Uber Eats, Joe Biden hopes relaxing federal drug laws will help him win young and black votes.
What in the World, a free weekly newsletter from our foreign correspondents, is sent every Thursday. Below is an excerpt. Sign up to get the whole newsletterA few days ago I arrived home from the grocery store to find someone had slid a business card into the side of my apartment door.
Curious to know what the process involves – given no such thing exists in Australia – I asked my friend Kate to come over and help me find out. After placing our order, cannabis gummies and flowers were delivered to the apartment within the hour. Back in the US, federal drug policy also lags compared with the states, where medicinal use is lawful in 38 jurisdictions and recreational use is legal in 24 – from the Republican-run Ohio to the Democratic stronghold of California .
With an election looming in November, the Biden administration is turning its attention to the issue, hoping to drum up support among young people, as well as black and brown voters, who are disproportionately prosecuted for drugs compared to their white counterparts.
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