“Good people don’t smoke marijuana”, a quote by our
authoritative United States Attorney General, Jeff Sessions. Last week I mentioned how Mr. Sessions put
forth a document reversing legislation by the Obama Administration on its
guidelines on recreational marijuana use/growth/sales. President Obama’s stance on marijuana was to
keep it on a state-by-state level. Last
week, Conor (http://regulated-weed-culture.blogspot.com/2018/04/donald-trump-and-weed-opinions-and.html)
reminded us that President Trump’s stance is pretty much the same, but his
Attorney General’s stance is much different.
That quote listed above says
everything we need to know about Jeff Sessions’ view on marijuana legislation. He will continue to fight legalized marijuana
and tried to sanction all marijuana industries that were in states where
marijuana is already legal.
How does this affect us in MA? Will this slow down the
process of getting retail stores in the state?
The answer is no. Interestingly
enough, despite Jeff Sessions’ attempts to enforce federal regulation over the industry,
it has had no effect states. The reason
for this is our Federal Prosecutors.
There aren’t enough Federal Prosecutors to overlook “small” drug sales
and growth. A quote by the Washington post, “they
should use their prosecutorial discretion to focus not on businesses that
comply with state regulations, but on illicit enterprises that create harms
like selling drugs to children, operating with criminal gangs, selling across
state lines and so on. In other words, prosecutors could still fight the drug
trade, but if a state has legalized marijuana and put in place its own
regulatory system, they should leave those operating within that system alone.” Summarizing, the prosecutors are there for
big scale criminals such as massive drug rings and importation, not to fight
against people who follow the rules set forth by their state.
CHECK THIS OUT:
That is the documentation on marijuana by the Obama
Administration that Jeff Sessions is trying to abolish.
Thanks for reading!
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