“If it leads to licenses, fees, authorized people/sources vs unauthorized sources, taxed and regulated farms, penalties for growing your own, jail for not reporting sales (taxes)...it’s statism and control over people.”
That’s true. I guess Holder and his ilk have weighed the statist benefits of legalization/criminalization very carefully and have made their choice. I bet he’s scared that no one will bother to get the licenses or pay the taxes on a weed that will grow almost anywhere.
Freegards
I think Holder has no choice but to say that he’ll enforce Federal law in a state that has declared something to be legal. What else could he say? He’s the AG.
Look at the states that are looking at state laws that go against Federal gun control, if Holder endorses legal cannabis here, then he’s endorsing whatever state it is (Ohio? Montana?) that will overturn Fed firearms control.