Trump’s reported pledge spurs question: The beginning of the end of U.S. marijuana prohibition?

The dominoes are falling.

It may be a bit too soon for the cannabis industry to pop the champagne. But after news broke Friday that President Donald Trump was committed to some sort of legislation that would protect state-legal marijuana businesses, one industry insider jokingly described it as “the beginning of the end of prohibition.”

Plenty of cannabis advocates immediately called for celebration, given U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s statement that “President Trump has assured me that he will support a federalism-based legislative solution to fix this states’ rights issue once and for all.”

According to the Colorado Republican, Trump also pledged the Department of Justice won’t interfere with Colorado’s marijuana laws or businesses, a sign that the administration will take a hands-off approach toward legal MJ companies.

“We applaud Sen. Gardner for his continued leadership on behalf of the industry in Colorado and throughout the nation, and we look forward to continuing to work with him on this new exciting legislation,” said Neal Levine, a spokesman for the New Federalism Fund, a coalition of cannabis companies that have been working on industry-specific reform in DC for over a year now.

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