Sessions confirms tolerance of state-level legal marijuana

[Chris0nllyn]

"Our policy is the same, really, fundamentally as the Holder-Lynch policy, which is that the federal law remains in effect and a state can legalize marijuana for its law enforcement purposes but it still remains illegal with regard to federal purposes," Sessions said, referring to his predecessors as attorney general during the Obama administration.

Later, Sessions said, "I think that's correct," when Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) argued that cannabis isn't as dangerous as heroin. Under current federal law, both are classified under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, a category that's supposed to be reserved for drugs with a high potential for abuse and no medical value.

Also during Cohen's line of questioning, the attorney general said, "I believe we are bound by" a federal budget rider that bars the federal government from spending money to interfere with state medical cannabis laws. A federal court ruled last year, over Justice Department objections, that the rider specifically bars prosecution of patients and providers who are acting in accordance with those laws

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomang...uana-policy-remains-in-effect/2/#5163deb04653

 

[glhs837]

Pity he apparently doesn't feel the same way about forfeiture.

 

[Chris0nllyn]

Pity he apparently doesn't feel the same way about forfeiture.

Nor his Deptuty AG.