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By David Baumann | February 09, 2021 at 02:52 PM

Marijuana banking legislation should be coupled with comprehensive criminal sentencing reform, new Senate Banking Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), said last week — a decision that could complicate enactment of the cannabis legislation.

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