One of Trump's closest allies is starting a lobbying group to change the President's stance on marijuana - Cannabis News

Longtime Trump adviser and staunch conservative Roger Stone has a new mission: legalizing marijuana nationwide.

Stone announced on Friday at the Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo in New York the formation of the bipartisan United States Cannabis Coalition, an advocacy group with the express purpose of protecting state's rights to legalize and regulate marijuana.

The USCC is registered with the IRS as a section 527 nonprofit, the same tax-exempt status that applies to political action committees.

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