Alford defends marijuana probes, but questions still linger

Ben Remaly

21 July 2020

Roger Alford, a former member of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division, has defended the legitimacy of the agency’s probes into 10 cannabis mergers amid a chorus of condemnation.

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