Posted on 03/02/2017 5:15:18 AM PST by HomerBohn
While Trump may claim he’s for states rights, Attorney General Jeff Sessions just pissed on the opinions of about 71% of Americans who do not believe the federal government should attempt to ram federal laws down the throats of states where voters have legalized marijuana.
After Press Secretary Sean Spicer essentially warned everyone last week that the Trump administration plans to crack down on states with recreational marijuana laws, AG Sessions backed that up on Monday with some bizarre statements that prove the guy actually believes Reefer Madness was a documentary.
Via Politico:
“Most of you probably know I don’t think America is going to be a better place when more people of all ages and particularly young people start smoking pot,” Sessions said during an exchange with reporters at the Justice Department. “I believe it’s an unhealthy practice and current levels of THC in marijuana are very high compared to what they were a few years ago.”
“We’re seeing real violence around that,” Sessions said. “Experts are telling me there’s more violence around marijuana than one would think and there’s big money involved.”
. If there is any “violence” around marijuana, it’s due entirely to the black market created by the phony drug war, not the actual drug itself, as pointed out by chairman of the drug policy reform group Marijuana Majority Tom Angell:
By talking about marijuana and violence, the attorney general is inadvertently articulating the strongest argument that exists for legalization, which is that it allows regulated markets in a way that prohibition does not.
Prohibition keeps drug cartels in business and needlessly puts thousands of Americans behind bars.
But then again, that must be why Sessions also reversed the DOJ plan to phase out the for-profit prisons last week; they’re going to need somewhere to put all those non-violent drug offenders once the federal crackdown on a benign plant legalized in over half the country begins.
The marijuana of today is NOT the pot of the 60s. It has been bred and crossbred, hybridized, intensified...an entirely different plant from what we experimented with many years ago.
but but but.....”he spoke to Russia”
I LOVE my Sessions!!!
I am 100% against recreational use, too. It’s personal for me. Both my brothers have been ‘recreational users’, off and on for decades. Neither had any ambition to do much for themselves, and I blame that on the dope, as they were NOT brought up that way. And now, in the twilight of their lives, they decry their situation. They are not on welfare, they are both still making their own way in life, but they are not ‘better off than their parents’ by a long shot.
Perhaps a back door way to confront the sanctuary cities.
Assert federal legal authority over national law breakers.
Yeah, I know about States rights.
“Opinions” are not “Laws.”
Sorta funny how we can have politicians who can’t 0rove where they were born assuming the highest office in the land and ll we hear is grumbling.. BUT try to take away their marijuana and people are ready to be up in arms and hit the streets to protest to so they can continue to get high... ; )/
Sorta funny how we can have politicians who can’t 0rove where they were born assuming the highest office in the land and ll we hear is grumbling.. BUT try to take away their marijuana and people are ready to be up in arms and hit the streets to protest so they can continue to get high... ; )/
I agree, I think he is going after the illegal marijuana coming across the border not after the states where it is legal, even though it is against federal law. They need to change this idiotic law
That is a stupid move on Session’s part.
Not to criticize, but a ‘second strike’ against Sessions based on a ported story from Politico from the co-founder of TruthStreamMedia on blog called Activist Posts is not what I’d call provenance.
Is your objection religious or are you just virtuous? Perhaps he care about the developing brains of our yutes?
The DOJ is gong to enforce ALL laws, not just cherry pick. It’s about time. Just get the pot laws changed you lazy stoners. Get off of the couch.
Watch the pot-smoking libertarian freepers come out!!!
That's what the pro immigration crowd says about enforcing immigration laws.
By legalizing marijuana in violation of federal laws and international treaties these states are effectively becoming sanctuary states in violation of federal laws.
. Do you want Sessions to ignore immigration laws when states pass laws in contradiction to those laws?
So when he cracks down on federal immigration laws and the left squeals are you gonna keep quiet?
These pot threads make me want to take a shower. Legality aside, pot is dirty, stinking, disgusting drug. Even the uses have to admit that.
Yeah, you should have been in the far-right lane.
Like...see what smoking dope does to you....dude.
It’s a plant.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-who-ate-pot-candy-must-stand-trial-in-wifes-killing/
https://www.rt.com/usa/316148-marijuana-related-deaths-injuries-study/
http://www.livescience.com/17707-marijuana-thc-brain-psychosis.html
Ahhh, victimless crime
Careful, LR, you’re sounding like Barack Obama. Has your ox been gored?
Watch Colorado over the next year or so, then draw conclusions.
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