DHS Head John Kelly gave a clear signal that the Trump administration is heading for a marijuana

[Warren DeMontague]

26. Dirty little secret is, they don't really have the resources to go after the businesses, either.

I mean, they could try, but it quite likely could have all sorts of unintended consequences, even if they try and do it on the "cheap"- sending letters, suing states to shut down their legal markets, etc.

States could- and given the approval ratings of the Trump administration and this particularly unpopular piece of theoretical public policy, likely would- decide to completely take marijuana out of their state law equations entirely, resulting in a cannabis free-for-all.

What is often overlooked in these debates is, I strongly suspect (and anectdotal news reports from people involved in the process corroborate) the Cole Memo wasn't a result of Obama pushing for pot legalization- rather, it came about from internal discussions at the DOJ seriously looking at what options they realistically had once CO and WA legalized- and those options, from the perspective of "we must crack down on legal weed" people, were pretty slim and unappealing.

Another thing to remember is that ANY criminal actions they bring in a marijuana legal state, will eventually likely have to go before a jury comprised of 12 voters who statistically probably voted for legalization.

But yes, the idea that somehow the Feds are going to start arresting 60 million pot smokers is beyond ridiculous fantasy. That is not to say they won't use it as an excuse in increased immigration enforcement, I suspect they will.