Wannan babu shakka babbar nasara ce ga masana'antar tabar wiwi.
Mutumin da Shugaba Trump ya nada a matsayin mai kula da Hukumar Kula da Magungunan Magunguna (DEA) ya bayyana cewa, idan aka tabbatar, yin bitar shawarar sake fasalin cannabis a karkashin dokar tarayya zai zama "daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da na fi ba da fifiko," tare da lura cewa lokaci ya yi da za a "ci gaba" tare da dakatarwar.
Koyaya, Terrance Cole, sabon wanda aka zaba Manajan DEA, ya ƙi amincewa da goyan bayan ƙayyadaddun ƙa'idar da gwamnatin Biden ta gabatar don sake rarraba cannabis daga Jadawalin I zuwa Jadawalin III a ƙarƙashin Dokar Kayayyakin Kaya (CSA). "Idan an tabbatar da hakan, daya daga cikin abubuwan da na fara ba da fifiko kan karbar DEA shine fahimtar inda tsarin mulki ya tsaya," Cole ya fadawa Sanatan Democrat na California Alex Padilla yayin sauraron karar da ya yi a gaban kwamitin shari'a na Majalisar Dattawa. "Ban fayyace cikakkun bayanai ba, amma na san an jinkirta tsarin sau da yawa-lokaci ya yi da za a ci gaba."
Lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da matsayinsa game da takamaiman shawara na matsar da cannabis zuwa Jadawalin III, Cole ya amsa, "Ina buƙatar ƙarin koyo game da matsayin hukumomin daban-daban, nazarin kimiyyar da ke bayansa, da tuntuɓar masana don fahimtar ainihin inda suke cikin wannan tsari." A yayin sauraron karar, Cole ya kuma shaida wa Sanata Thom Tillis (R-NC) cewa ya yi imanin cewa ya kamata a kafa "kungiyar aiki" don magance katsewa tsakanin dokokin cannabis na tarayya da na jihohi don "ci gaba da batun."
Sanata Tillis ya bayyana damuwarsa kan wata kabila a Arewacin Carolina da ta halatta amfani da tabar wiwi yayin da ita kanta jihar ba ta kafa doka ba a matakin jiha. "Tsarin dokokin jihar game da doka da tabar wiwi yana da matukar ruɗani. Ina tsammanin abin ya ɓace," in ji Sanata. "Daga karshe, na yi imanin cewa akwai bukatar gwamnatin tarayya ta zana layi." Cole ya amsa da cewa, "Ina ganin muna bukatar kafa kungiyar aiki don magance wannan saboda muna bukatar ci gaba da shi. Da farko, ya kamata mu tuntubi lauyoyin Amurka a yankin da kuma lauyoyin DEA don ba da cikakkiyar amsa. Ta fuskar tilasta bin doka, ya kamata mu kafa ka'idodin doka don tabbatar da aiwatar da doka iri ɗaya na cannabis a duk jihohi 50."
Tambayoyin da aka yi a lokacin sauraron ba su bayyana matsayin Cole na ƙarshe game da manufofin cannabis ba ko kuma ba da cikakkiyar amsa kan yadda zai aiwatar da shawarar sake rabewa sau ɗaya a ofis. Duk da haka, ya nuna cewa ya ba da tunani sosai game da batun yayin da yake shirye-shiryen ɗaukar muhimmiyar rawar mai gudanarwa na DEA.
"Ko da kuwa yadda mutum ya kalli tambayoyin Sanata Thom Tillis ko sharhi, gaskiyar cewa an kawo cannabis a cikin kwamitin shari'a na majalisar dattijai yana nufin mun riga mun ci nasara," Don Murphy, wanda ya kafa Ƙungiyar Cannabis ta Amurka, ya shaida wa manema labarai. "Muna daukar matakai a hankali don kawo karshen haramcin tarayya." A baya Cole ya bayyana damuwarsa game da illolin tabar wiwi, yana mai danganta ta da karuwar haɗarin kashe kansa a tsakanin matasa. Wanda aka zaba, wanda ya shafe shekaru 21 a DEA, a halin yanzu yana aiki a matsayin Sakataren Tsaron Jama'a da Tsaron Cikin Gida na Virginia (PSHS), inda daya daga cikin ayyukansa shine kula da Hukumar Kula da Cannabis ta jihar (CCA). A bara, bayan ziyartar ofishin CCA, Cole ya buga a kan kafofin watsa labarun: "Na yi aiki a cikin doka fiye da shekaru 30, kuma kowa ya san matsayina game da cannabis - don haka babu buƙatar tambaya!"
Da farko Trump ya zabi Sheriff Chad Chronister na Florida na Hillsborough don ya jagoranci DEA, amma dan takarar da ke goyon bayan doka ya janye takararsa a watan Janairu bayan da 'yan majalisar dokoki masu ra'ayin mazan jiya suka binciki rikodinsa kan tilasta kiyaye lafiyar jama'a yayin bala'in COVID-19.
Dangane da tsarin sake rarrabawa, kwanan nan DEA ta sanar da wani alkali na gudanarwa cewa ana ci gaba da gudanar da shari'a - ba a shirya wani mataki ba saboda yanzu batun yana karkashin kulawar Mukaddashin Administrator Derek Maltz, wanda ya kira cannabis a matsayin "maganin ƙofa" kuma ya danganta amfani da ita ga tabin hankali.
A halin yanzu, kodayake rufe wuraren ba da lasisin cannabis ba shine fifikon DEA ba, kwanan nan wani lauyan Amurka ya yi gargadin wani kantin sayar da cannabis na Washington, DC game da yuwuwar keta haddin tarayya, yana mai cewa, "Cikina yana gaya mani cewa kada kantin sayar da cannabis ya kasance a cikin unguwanni."
Kwamitin ayyukan siyasa (PAC) wanda ke samun goyon bayan masana'antar cannabis ya kuma fitar da jerin tallace-tallace a cikin 'yan makonnin nan suna kai hari kan rikodin gwamnatin Biden kan manufofin cannabis da Kanada, suna sukar da'awar yaudara daga gwamnatin da ta gabata yayin da ke tabbatar da cewa gwamnatin Trump na iya samun gyara.
Sabbin tallace-tallacen sun zargi tsohon shugaban kasar Joe Biden da DEA da yin "yaki mai zurfi" kan marasa lafiyar cannabis amma sun kasa ambaton cewa tsarin sake fasalin - wanda kasuwancin cannabis ke fatan ganin an kammala shi a karkashin Trump - tsohon shugaban kasar ne ya fara shi.
A halin yanzu, tsarin sake fasalin yana ƙarƙashin roko na wucin gadi ga DEA game da tsohuwar hanyar sadarwa tsakanin hukumar da masu adawa da canjin manufofin lokacin gwamnatin Biden. Batun ya samo asali ne daga yadda hukumar ta DEA ta yi kuskure wajen gudanar da zaman alkalan shari'a.
Kalaman da sabon shugaban DEA, Cole, ya yi, wata alama ce mai kyau da ke nuna cewa sabuwar gwamnati za ta iya ƙetare roko na wucin gadi, sauraron shari'ar gudanarwa, da sauran matakai masu wuyar gaske don fitar da doka ta ƙarshe ta sake rarraba cannabis zuwa Jadawalin III. Ɗaya daga cikin manyan fa'idodin wannan garambawul shine kawar da ƙuntatawa na lambar IRS 280E, ba da damar kasuwancin cannabis su cire daidaitattun kuɗaɗen kasuwanci da yin gasa akan matakin wasa tare da duk sauran masana'antar doka.
Lokacin aikawa: Mayu-07-2025