$MJ Will Jeff Sessions launch a War on Weed? If so
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Posted On: 04/20/2017 3:07:15 PM
$MJ Will Jeff Sessions launch a War on Weed? If so, it could accelerate marijuana legalization.
By Paul Waldman April 20 at 1:53 PM
Today is April 20, when reporters and columnists everywhere bust out their lamest pot jokes to note what has become a new quasi-holiday devoted to advocacy for marijuana legalization. And some new polls show just how strong that movement is becoming.
A CBS poll out today shows that 61 percent of Americans favor full legalization, the highest number the poll has recorded, while a Quinnipiac poll puts the number at 60 percent, with an incredible 94 percent saying people ought to be able to get it if their doctors prescribe it (CBS put that figure at 88 percent).
Perhaps more important, 71 percent in the CBS poll and 73 percent in the Quinnipiac poll said that the federal government should leave states that have legalized it alone.
But there’s one person who doesn’t agree, and he happens to be the chief law enforcement officer of the U.S. government. In fact, if there’s a single thing that Attorney General Jeff Sessions hates more than undocumented immigrants it might just be marijuana, which is why he appears to be planning what amounts to a return to a 1980s-style War on Drugs.
We don’t yet know what practical steps Sessions will take, because things are still in the planning stages. But allow me to suggest that in the end, Sessions might actually accelerate the country’s move toward the eventual goal of full legalization. (cont'd)
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By Paul Waldman April 20 at 1:53 PM
Today is April 20, when reporters and columnists everywhere bust out their lamest pot jokes to note what has become a new quasi-holiday devoted to advocacy for marijuana legalization. And some new polls show just how strong that movement is becoming.
A CBS poll out today shows that 61 percent of Americans favor full legalization, the highest number the poll has recorded, while a Quinnipiac poll puts the number at 60 percent, with an incredible 94 percent saying people ought to be able to get it if their doctors prescribe it (CBS put that figure at 88 percent).
Perhaps more important, 71 percent in the CBS poll and 73 percent in the Quinnipiac poll said that the federal government should leave states that have legalized it alone.
But there’s one person who doesn’t agree, and he happens to be the chief law enforcement officer of the U.S. government. In fact, if there’s a single thing that Attorney General Jeff Sessions hates more than undocumented immigrants it might just be marijuana, which is why he appears to be planning what amounts to a return to a 1980s-style War on Drugs.
We don’t yet know what practical steps Sessions will take, because things are still in the planning stages. But allow me to suggest that in the end, Sessions might actually accelerate the country’s move toward the eventual goal of full legalization. (cont'd)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin...79e644b28d
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