Pot policy is suddenly a hot topic for federal lawmakers -- and on the 2020 campaign trail.

Since the dawn of the Drug War, federal legislators have stood by, or even applauded, as millions of Americans have racked up convictions for marijuana offenses — with arrests increasing in the latest FBI crime statistics, despite nearly a dozen states having already legalized cannabis.

But over the past two years, and now accelerating with Democrats in charge of the House of Representatives, federal marijuana reform has become a hot topic on the Hill. 

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Tim Dickinson ~ RollingStone.com ~