Source: Breaking Now

A labor union wants the Biden administration to end federal marijuana prohibition and implement policies to protect cannabis workers and prevent industry monopolies.

Marc Perrone, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), addressed a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, calling for comprehensive cannabis reform, reported Marijuana Moment.

“Should Congress or the Biden Administration deschedule cannabis without any health and safety, labor, and equity provisions, we run the risk of creating an industry with the same inequities that persist throughout our economy, while ignoring an opportunity to repair the harms caused by the War on Drugs,” Perrone wrote.

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