There’s a lot that’s unusual about this interview, first of all being with the NYT which Trump has denounced numerous times as fake news. Secondly, Jeff Sessions was one of his earliest supporters and there is a very warm relationship there, if there were problems of this magnitude it wouldn’t be aired in a manner seemingly designed to humiliate and it certainly wouldn’t be via the NYT.
So, I’m very prone to thinking more is afoot than we know, and will wait and see. Sessions has dismayed me with the civil asset forfeiture and focusing on D.A.R.E. though. Of all the pressing matters, that’s just not one of them.
I agree with all that. Although the drug prohibition is today's version of the alcohol wars of days gone by. Part of tamping down gang activity is tamping down demand for drugs. Fools errand, but the laws facilitate making tons of money on all sides of the racket, including the enforcement side.
Maybe DARE and civil forfeiture will be used judiciously, with an eye on effectively reducing violence. IOW, DARE and forfeiture are not objects in and of themselves, and the people swept up are the most harmful ones.
DoJ is huge. Lots more than US Attorneys and the FBI.