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A House GOP wants to deschedule cannabis, California is trying to protect the industry, and Denmark residents overwhelmingly support medical marijuana.

The goal, one lawmaker said, is to set a tax rate that would provide safe access to cannabis and “kill” the underground market.

Lawmakers will weigh legislation to stifle cooperation between US law enforcement and local officials, a key ingredient of past federal enforcement actions.

Sessions stopped short of saying what he would do, but said he doesn’t think America will be a better place with “more people smoking pot.”

The war on drugs has failed, Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom told President Trump. “We can’t continue to keep doing what we’ve done and expect a different result.”

Some are skeptical. Others say the industry isn’t going down without a fight.

Officials in Washington state pledged to fight any federal crackdown on the nascent industry after White House Spokesperson Sean Spicer’s comments this week.

Nevada still plans to launch recreational marijuana sales in July despite warnings this week of a federal crackdown by the Trump administration.

The Alaska attorney general’s office said a change in how the federal government enforces its own marijuana laws would not affect state cannabis laws.

As the White House threatens a crackdown, a new poll shows Republican and Democratic voters agree: Don’t tread on state cannabis laws.