Eric Holder Would Be 'Glad To Work With Congress' To Reschedule Marijuana

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31. At this point, CONgress is not a welcome addition to anything.

At this point, Congress is not a welcome addition to anything. They are dysfunctional, except perhaps when serving the very wealthy. It took them three years to pass a Farm Bill fer-cryin'-out-loud. Asking Congress to act on a matter where the Executive branch does in fact have considerable leeway is passing the buck, pure and simple.

Didn't Obama recently say that Congressional intransigence would lead him to act unilaterally where he could? Decriminalizing mj should have happened in 2009 (bet the 2010 midterms would have spun-out differently then, eh?)

The admin has shown it is even fully willing to break the law when it matters to them (NSA spying, drone killings, keeping Clapper on-board after perjury to Congress, etc.), so progressive reform of the failed War on (some) Drugs must not matter to them. The Attorney General has the power to remove mj from the list of Schedule 1 substances. He should use it. Now.

It's been a long wait for that promised hope and change.

-app