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May 2024
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Marijuana Reclassified & SCOTUS Upcoming...

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David Pozen, a professor at Columbia Law School and author of “The Constitution of the War on Drugs,” discusses the federal government’s moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporter, discusses the major decisions the justices will rule on in the next two months. June Grasso hosts.

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