Trump Is First ‘Republican President’ With A Pathway To Cannabis Reform, Says Former Adviser
Bryan Lanza, a former adviser to President-elect Donald Trump and now a lobbyist for the cannabis industry, says the incoming administration may pave the way for significant marijuana policy reforms. However, he cautions that full federal legalization of cannabis is unlikely within the next four years.
In a recent interview on the Inside Cultivation podcast, Lanza, who served on Trump’s 2016 transition team and worked on his 2024 campaign, discussed what the future could hold for federal cannabis policy under a Trump White House.
“This is the first time that we have a Republican president that has given us a pathway to what he’s comfortable with,” Lanza said, referring to Trump’s unexpected cannabis-related remarks during the campaign when he described the moment …