With the protests that have been roiling the United States these past few weeks, the country has been faced with difficult questions about the criminal justice system. Given its illegal status at the federal level, cannabis has been in direct conflict with the criminal justice system since it was made illegal in 1937. Questions about reform have been at the forefront of the industry for generations, and those questions have only become more complicated by the "rising tide of legalization" beneath the industry.

U.S. cannabis consumers overwhelmingly support criminal justice reforms (see this week's first article below), and with a vast majority of Americans in support of cannabis legalization, questions around reform will only become more pressing, especially as state and local governments face pressure to tap the industry for the tax revenue and jobs created by legalized cannabis.