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The United States Postal Service (USPS) is announcing a new national policy banning the mailing of publications that contain advertisements for marijuana.
“It is unlawful to enter as mail…advertisements that seek or offer to buy or sell Schedule I controlled substances, including marijuana,” the policy reads. If USPS personnel identify mail containing such content, they must “send a report to the local inspection service serving their facility, and the matter would then be turned over to the responsible law enforcement agencies for investigation if appropriate.”
The policy was announced by Thomas J. Marshall, USPS’s general counsel and executive vice president, in a letter to four members of Congress from Oregon. The lawmakers had requested USPS issue clarification after the agency’s Portland District sent a document to newspaper publishers in the state warning them not to attempt to mail any newspapers containing cannabis ads.
“As an entity of the Federal Government, the Postal Service’s obligation is to make...
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