Ruh Roh. Many people aren’t going to like this and it will destroy some of the crossover voting Trump got.
Mixed feelings.
I oppose legalization, and voted against it when MA wanted to legalize it last year — they won; I lost.
But I also support States’ Rights. I don’t agree that the federal government should control this sort of thing. The War on Drugs has certainly been a mixed bag, so big sweeping decisions at the federal level seem unjustified. Let the States pass laws and then watch and see which states are pleased with the various outcomes.
In short: I wish Sessions would focus on other things.
And just what part of the constitution does he derive this authority from? Is it the good and plenty clause or that pesky Interstate Commerce clause?
You don’t chose which laws you will enforce and which ones you wont, you enforce the law as written. Otherwise why even have laws, just let the king decide what is legal and illegal. If you don’t like the law, change it.
There are bigger fish to fry. And eliminating recreational will only enrich the Mexican cartels and corrupt government.
Pot rots brains.
I am NOT in favor of legalizing marijuana because I don't feel like giving a green light to its irresponsible use by drivers. The lanes are narrow enough here in NYC and it's enough challenge to keep your car on the straight and narrow. It is beyond frightening to think that a vehicle weighing thousands of pounds and traveling at 30 mph or more is piloted by someone under the influence in the lane to your right and to your left, whether it be alcohol or dope. Legalizing marijuana would remove any stigma to using it and would contribute to its careless use while driving. No thanks!
AG Sessions has a few weeks to correct corruption
in HIS DOJ, or the MSM will blame it all on him
and President Trump.
This ‘strawman’ issue
is therefore not the subject which his Office
ought to focus on.
As someone who uses cannabis daily as medicine I’m concerned but not worried yet.
Sessions’ testimony in committee was “it’s against the law & if Congress wants cannabis use & production to be legal they need to change the law.”
All of his comments since, IMO are a warning to Congress & the states who have legalized medical cannabis & recreational cannabis. We know Federal law (unConstitutionally, IMO) trumps state law. So my prayer is that Congress will do the right thing & change the law or issue another resolution that prohibits the DOJ from opening taxpayer funds to take down legal cannabis operations in the states where it has been legalized/regulated.
I also pray President Trump will encourage Sessions to spend DOJ resources arresting & shutting down the illegal cannabis operations that are not in keep with a state’s laws on the subject.
Sessions needs to stop wasting time on getting ‘them hippies!’ and get to work on 30 million illegals in the U.S., massive illegal voting by them, and equally massive crime by them.
If he’s trapped in 1968 and thinking of trying to resurrect the 1950’s, he was a mistake.
I think Marijuana should be regulated like other drugs.
And people should be able to grow their own and even buy and sell plants and seeds, but manufacturing it into drug form or selling the drug form should be regulated.
As a Christian, I regard getting “high” to be a sin. But I believe in personal responsibility up until the point where individual liberties encroach on the liberties of others. (So, for example, driving under the influence is a behavior that government rightly restricts.)
While my knowledge of the subject is very limited, I believe that juicing the leaves of a Marijuana plant supplies THCA (the precursor of THC) which has many health benefits and does not make people “high”.
We need to change federal laws to regulate the THC that comes from Marijuana while allowing states to implement the more stricter regulations that citizens of those states desire. Perhaps local standards would also be beneficial — like dry counties.
Sessions, this is not what people elected Trump to do. Get your priorities straight. Worry about the potheads AFTER you prosecute the corrupt politicians, root out the voter fraud, and destroy the domestic espionage network in the federal bureaucracy.
What they should do is pass a federal statute allowing states to opt out of federal marijuana laws so that Sessions doesn’t need to deal with this.
Sessions has bigger fish to fry.
This is not a road the Trump admin should go down. Allow states to make their own policies in this area. Focus on the big issues.
You need to move on from this subject Jeff.
State issue and people are going to get high no matter what.
Further, criminalizing users is stupid and unprofitable as well.
Sure, you may get a fine but, no way the covers the cost of their incarceration, parole oversight, etc.
You should instead work on decriminalizing use, Legalizing that market, regulate and tax it.
Make it a market you can actually tax to grow revenues instead of wasting time and money on this loser objective.
Go Sessions! Legalized pot and so called “medical” marijuana had led and is leading to the moral and cultural rot of American society.
This is totally a states right issue. Somebody has to grow the weed and make cavanoid oil for medical treatment.