Posted on 04/27/2017 10:44:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, after meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week in Washington, says that he doesn’t believe a federal crackdown on legal marijuana is on the way, adding that Sessions called the Obama administration’s guidance on marijuana “not too far from good policy.”
“The meeting was very productive, and overall it was very good,” Jacque Montgomery, press secretary for the Democratic governor, told HuffPost. Montgomery said that Sessions spent about an hour with Hickenlooper, and they discussed the state’s successful marijuana regulation, its collection of data on usage, what the state has learned since the first legal pot shops opened in 2014, how the state has updated the law, and how it deals with the gray and black markets that continue.
Sessions also addressed the Obama-era marijuana guidance, known as the Cole memo, with the governor.
“Sessions said he is reviewing the Cole memo and said that ‘it is not too far from good policy,’” Montgomery said. “But we do expect some revisions, so we’ll wait to hear back on that.”
The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sessions’ meeting with Hickenlooper.....
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
Dear Jeff,
I heard you speak live once at Heritage and you seemd very bright.
Lately, not so much.
I was hoping this admin might be smart enough not to bog down in these penny ante issues. At best, legalize/de-criminalize pot. That ship has sailed.
Kill Obama care
Kill as many regs as possible
Kill the IRS
LOL! Assuming that he/they are “getting bogged down”? Article about the Colorado Gov, bringing up something near and dear to the “Rocky Mountain HIGH” State, and the first response to the article is a concern troll knee jerk reaction.....no wonder our side suffers so many losses - too many folks just as fickle and feckless as the RINOs/GOPe.
For your Interest.
Thanks for the ping.
I never expected Sessions to crackdown on legal cannabis states.
Sessions & the DOJ will be right to go after illegal grows & sales in the legal states but that’s it.
Candidate Trump said cannabis should be an issue decided by the states & I agree.
Really? I missed that then. Thank You for the info Stickman :)
Really? I missed that then. Thank You for the info Stickman :)
The Feds would do well to go after the illegal ‘grows’ on Federal property as an immigration issue with EPA considerations. Dept of Interior problem?
‘“In terms of marijuana and legalization, I think that should be a state issue, state-by-state”, Trump said...’ - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3435103/posts?page=10#10
Thank You for the Link Noble. I missed that totally.
Dear Feds,
But out where you have no legal authority. If you have trouble determining such, please refer to A1S8 and the Constitution as a whole.
Please reply if there are any issue understanding the big words, like INFRINGED or NOT
The ultimate states rights issue, IMHO.
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