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President-Elect Donald Trump Appoints Yet Another Marijuana Opponent to His Cabinet

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 11/30/2016 - 08:45

Republican Congressman Tom Price selected to run federal health agencies.

It appears president-elect Donald Trump is recruiting a team that will have no qualms, whatsoever, about castrating the medical marijuana industry when his administration takes office in 2017.

According to a report from the New York Times, the Donald has selected six term Republican Congressman Tom Price, a vicious opponent of medical marijuana, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services – putting him in place to manage all of the federal government health agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Although Trump’s choice for this position is intended to be a means for ripping to shreds President Obama’s health care law, there is some concern that Price’s influence could wreak havoc on medical marijuana.

It was recently revealed that Trump was putting on Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, another rabid opponent of marijuana...

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