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Ganja or Guns? Sessions’ Crusade Against Marijuana Imperils Firearm Ownership
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ zealous opposition to marijuana has placed the gun-loving Trump administration in the crosshairs of many firearm supporters.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ zealous opposition to marijuana has placed the gun-loving Trump administration in the crosshairs of many firearm supporters.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has compared marijuana to heroin, blamed it for spikes in violence and declared that “good people don’t smoke it,” just threw the booming and lucrative cannabis industry into chaos.
The war on drugs picked up steam last year.
Eight months after Maine residents voted to legalize marijuana, defiant Border Patrol agents say they will continue to enforce federal laws that ban the use of pot.
The DEA’s plans to allow more research of marijuana has been stymied by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has insisted pot is almost as dangerous as heroin.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who said earlier this year that marijuana “is only slightly less awful” than heroin, has prompted concerns among states that have legalized marijuana use.
The continuing battle between states and the federal government over medical marijuana just got a lot more intense.
The DEA, along with local and state police, arrested 43 people as part of a major drug bust in Colorado that involves thousands of pounds of marijuana that was intended to be shipped outside of the state.