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  "path": "/2026/06/02/repub/the-feds-have-embraced-medical-marijuana-now-what/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T04:05:04.000Z",
  "site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
  "tags": [
    "Criminal Justice",
    "Health",
    "Politics & Law",
    "Working & The Economy",
    "Alta DeRoo",
    "Baker Institute for Public Policy",
    "California Department of Cannabis Control",
    "Chad Johnson",
    "DEA",
    "DOJ",
    "Heather Trela",
    "James Pepper",
    "Katharine Neill Harris",
    "Kevin Sabet",
    "Lauren Niehaus",
    "medical marijuana",
    "Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority",
    "Ryan Hunter",
    "Smart Approaches to Marijuana",
    "Spherex Labs",
    "Trulieve Cannabis Corp.",
    "Vermont Cannabis Control Board"
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  "textContent": "The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent decision to downgrade the drug classification for medical cannabis will help medical marijuana businesses. Companies will be able to claim some federal tax benefits. New research can start up at state universities. But the broader divide between federal and state marijuana policy remains largely intact, leaving states to navigate […]",
  "title": "The feds have embraced medical marijuana. Now what?"
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