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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will reportedly rescind the Cole Memo (DoJ), effectively ending the moratorium on enforcing cannabis prohibition in states where it has been legalized:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will roll back an Obama-era policy that gave states leeway to allow marijuana for recreational purposes.
Two sources with knowledge of the decision confirmed to The Hill that Sessions will rescind the so-called Cole memo, which ordered U.S. attorneys in states where marijuana has been legalized to deprioritize prosecution of marijuana-related cases.
The Associated Press first reported the decision.
Sessions, a vocal critic of marijuana legalization, has hinted for months that he would move to crack down on the growing cannabis market.
Republican Senator Cory Gardner says he will hold up the confirmation process for DoJ nominees:
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) threatened on Thursday to start holding up the confirmation process for White House Justice Department nominees unless Attorney General Jeff Sessions reverses a decision to roll back a policy allowing legalized recreational use of marijuana in some states.
Gardner said in a series of tweets that Sessions had told him before he was confirmed by the Senate that he would not change an Obama-era policy that discouraged federal prosecutors from pursuing marijuana-related offenses in states where the substance had been legalized. Colorado is one of those states.
[...] The Justice Department's reversal of the Cole memo on Thursday came three days after California's new law allowing recreational marijuana use went into effect.
Other politicians have reacted strongly to the news.
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(Score: 2) by dry on Friday January 05 2018, @06:11AM (2 children)
Actually, it can be more dangerous then heroin, they even did studies. Seems that when you take a mentally ill person, put them in a straight jacket, give them a massive dose of LSD and leave them alone, they can get more mentally ill.
Sadly this is what they did when reports about treating alcohol addiction and various other mental illnesses started coming out.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 05 2018, @03:24PM (1 child)
I think giving guns to children is also a problem, but it's the people that gave the guns to the children that should be punished, as opposed to the guns--and whatever is left of the children.
(Score: 2) by dry on Friday January 05 2018, @08:31PM
True, and I don't mind some light regulations to enforce education on things like why you should keep your guns away from children and how to safely take LSD.
Actually in my country, it is illegal to sell a gun to someone unless they've taken a short course on firearms safety.