The Road to Legalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level - Beyond the Scenes

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🗓️ 18 December 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The cannabis industry brings in billions of dollars in legal revenue, with Big Cannabis companies leading the charge. However, cannabis offenders remain incarcerated and federal restrictions prevent them from legally benefitting from this thriving industry. BOWL PAC founder, Justin Strekal, and author of Bending the Arc: My Journey From Prison to Politics, Keeda J. Haynes, join host Roy Wood Jr. to discuss the complicated road to federal cannabis legalization.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central!
0:03.0	Hey, it's Roy Wood Jr.
0:06.4	Hosted the Daily Show Podcast Beyond the Scenes.
0:09.2	It's the podcast that explores topics that were originally covered on the show, but
0:12.9	deserve a little more time.
0:14.4	This week, we're taking a look back at a conversation about cannabis legislation with
0:18.2	Bowl Pack Founder Justin Streckle, an author of Bending the Ark, my journey from prison
0:23.7	to politics, Keeta J. Haines.
0:26.6	Hey, welcome to Beyond the Scenes, the Daily Show Podcast that goes a little different
0:39.3	to the segments and topics that are originally aired on the show.
0:42.7	Like if the Daily Show is the car, then this podcast is the extra bells and whistles that
0:47.5	make you feel fancy, leather interior, that's screened with the GPS that pops up, heated
0:53.4	seats and cool seats so your butt can be toasty or cold.
0:59.1	Today we're discussing the topic that Trevor covered on 420 back in 2017.
1:04.2	That's right, we're talking about weed.
1:07.0	Don't call it weed, it's cannabis.
1:10.5	The Trump administration had a lot of pushback on legalizing cannabis federally despite
1:14.6	the positive outcomes of the legalization.
1:17.4	Roll the clip!
1:18.9	Support for legalizing pot is at record levels.
1:21.7	Partly because Americans have started to realize that unnecessarily incarcerating people
1:25.9	from marijuana does more harm than good.
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