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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJeff Sessions suggests DOJ will crack down on marijuana growers, even in states that legalized weed
Sessions made the comments on conservative radio host Hugh Hewitts show Thursday morning, after Hewitt asked whether the Department of Justice would be prosecuting marijuana growers for being criminal enterprises.
A lot of states are just simply breaking the law and a lot of money is being made and banked, Hewitt said to Sessions of marijuana growers and sellers. One [Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations] prosecution of one producer and the banks that service them would shut this all down. Is such a prosecution going to happen?
Sessions told Hewitt that he didnt think one [RICO] prosecution would be quite as effective as that, but said he doesnt think states that legalized the drug had the right to ignore current federal laws that ban the sale of marijuana.
I do not believe theres any argument that because a state legalizes marijuana, that the federal law against marijuana is no longer in existence, Sessions said. I do believe that the federal laws clearly are in effect in all 50 states and we will do our best to enforce the laws as were required to do so.
More including audio of the interview with Sessions:
https://mic.com/articles/185564/jeff-sessions-suggests-doj-will-crack-down-on-marijuana-growers-even-in-states-that-legalized-weed?utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer5869f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com#.nxSclc1bI
Link to tweet
Support for marijuana legalization hits a new high (sorry) in @GallupNews polling: 64% and 51% of Republicans. http://bit.ly/2h8RwWX
Hornedfrog1985
(118 posts)On traitorous little people who want to fill their for profit prisons.
Girard442
(6,375 posts)hvn_nbr_2
(6,590 posts)Bettie
(16,835 posts)seriously.
I suspect this is punishment for more liberal states.
Initech
(101,485 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)logosoco
(3,209 posts)It is insane that this plant that this old Civil War elf is angry about would do so much for one of the other REAL problems going on right now (folks using drugs that are killing them at an alarming rate.)
Orrex
(63,871 posts)WhiteTara
(30,106 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)And to fill el Jeffy's pockets, he needs funds from private prisons.
Johonny
(21,817 posts)Dude committed perjury under oath. Time for jail Jeffy.
MagickMuffin
(16,995 posts)Which Jeff Beauergard Sessions did, more than once.
Go get him Mueller. Time to LOCK HIM UP!!!
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)He's probably being paid by the cartels to do this.
GReedDiamond
(5,362 posts)Last edited Wed Nov 1, 2017, 01:48 AM - Edit history (1)
...he wants the War on Drugs to rage on, and he can't really have that without the cartels - who, I would not be at all surprised, bribe the piece of shit, as you suggest.
Legal weed is bad for the cartels' bottom line, so keeping it verboten is necessary to keep those privately owned, for profit prison cells filled with "dealers" and otherwise law-abiding cannabis consumers.
And "state's rights" only applies to those states that want to discriminate against people of color, gay and trans people, poor people, etc.
Fucking hillbilly klansman asshole.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Blue Owl
(54,308 posts)n/t
BannonsLiver
(17,647 posts)Which if you get down to it is a big part of Red Dons base.