Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the angriest elf, will soon rescind a policy instituted during the Obama-era that allowed legalized marijuana in states that allowed it without any federal government intervention, according to the AP.
The move by President Donald Trump’s attorney general likely will add to confusion about whether it’s OK to grow, buy or use marijuana in states where pot is legal, since long-standing federal law prohibits it. It comes days after pot shops opened in California, launching what is expected to become the world’s largest market for legal recreational marijuana and as polls show a solid majority of Americans believe the drug should be legal.
While Sessions has been carrying out a Justice Department agenda that follows Trump’s top priorities on such issues as immigration and opioids, the changes to pot policy reflect his own concerns. Trump’s personal views on marijuana remain largely unknown.
Naturally, no one was very happy about this, including a Republican Senator from Colorado:
I am prepared to take all steps necessary, including holding DOJ nominees, until the Attorney General lives up to the commitment he made to me prior to his confirmation.
— Cory Gardner (@SenCoryGardner) January 4, 2018
And, well, just about everyone else too…
Trump says in this video that he’d never let his pick for Attorney General ban recreational marijuana, says it should be up to the states. Maybe he should tell Jeff Sessions this. pic.twitter.com/2ApgycbVzu
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 4, 2018
Which part of this is the smaller federal government and greater states' rights i was promised https://t.co/nlARV1JcZa
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 4, 2018
With California legalizing and Washington bringing in more than $1 billion, Oregon and Colorado following suit … this will not end well for Sessions.
— Neal Randall (@CascadiaCoffee) January 4, 2018
i don’t have any proof of this but i believe with every fiber of my being that jeff sessions is pretty sure you ingest marijuana by injecting it
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) January 4, 2018
