While that was the intended effect of the Obama admin position, the position was explicitly framed to order US Attorneys to ignore federal law as official policy.
Which is anathema to the rule of law.
Congress needs to rescind any federal laws criminalizing marijuana if they want it to be treated as a state's rights issue.
Legalize it, tax it, and the marijuana drug wars dry up, the jails are emptied from non-violent criminals caught up in the drug war. However, the law enforcement groups hate this because it takes away a big chunk of their illegal money through seizures of cash and property on the excuse that it MIGHT be used for drug purchases.
>>Which is anathema to the rule of law.
Congress needs to rescind any federal laws criminalizing marijuana if they want it to be treated as a state’s rights issue. <<
Supremacy Clause vs. 9/10 Amendments.
Once again on a collision course.
AFAIAC the feds have NO business in the illegal drug trade. It is NOT a federal issue.