Marijuana Industry Is Not Worried a Trump Administration Would Roll Back Legalization

41% of republicans support marijuana legalization, according to Pew.

The smoke hasn’t cleared from the cannabis industry’s substantial wins a week ago and already there are questions about whether the industry is under threat from a Trump administration.

President-elect Donald Trump has yet to confirm the various members of his administration, but the way it is shaping up may pose challenges to supporters of recreational and/or medical marijuana legalization. For now however, the industry isn’t ready to ring the alarm.

Trump himself has been supportive of medical marijuana in the past and has even taken a wait-and-see stance on recreational adult use. At a rally last year in Reno, Nev. — a state which, on Nov. 8, voted to legalize recreational marijuana — Trump said he believes marijuana legalization is a state issue.

“Marijuana is such a big thing. I think medical should happen, right? Don’t we agree? I think...

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