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Don't Expect Ben Carson To Allow Cannabis Use In Public Housing

Submitted by James McClure -... on Tue, 12/06/2016 - 08:42

President-elect Donald Trump just added yet another cannabis prohibitionist to cabinet. Yesterday, Trump announced that he's picked former neurosurgeon Ben Carson as his candidate for secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

"I am thrilled to nominate Dr. Ben Carson as our next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development," Trump said of his former rival for the Republican presidential nomination. 

But the appointment is bad news for cannabis advocates because the appointment of Carson is a big win for the status quo. The secretary of housing and urban development manages federal public housing programs and develops policies to combat issues like homelessness and housing discrimination. But under Carson's regime, HUD will likely uphold discrimination against cannabis consumers.

"Marijuana remains illegal at the federal level and that's how it's treated in federally supported housing," Brian Sullivan of HUD recently told Jacob Margolis of Southern California Public Radio....

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