Jeff Sessions says if Americans don’t want him to enforce marijuana laws, they should change them

Source: Market Watch
Published: Feb 11, 2017
Author: Trey Williams
Post Date: 2017-02-11 12:27:59 by misterwhite
Views: 26794

If the American people are worried about freshly confirmed Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ approach to enforcing federal marijuana laws, he says they should get Congress to change them.

During his Senate confirmation hearing back in January, Sessions answered questions on marijuana among other issues, but didn’t offer a definitive stance on what marijuana enforcement would look like under his justice department.

“I won’t commit to never enforcing federal law, [Sen. Patrick Leahy], but absolutely it’s a problem of resources for the federal government,” Sessions said. “Good judgement on how to handle these cases will be a responsibility of mine, which won’t be an easy decision, but I will try to do my duty in a fair and just way.”

Sessions also said he echoes the position former attorney general Loretta Lynch took during her confirmation hearings. Lynch said then she did not support the legalization of marijuana and that it would not be the position of her justice department to do so.

Though 28 states have legalized medical marijuana use, eight states have passed recreational laws and 21% of the U.S. population now lives in a state where smoking weed is legal, the federal law still states marijuana is an illegal substance. And the drug is classified as a Schedule I drug along with heroin, LSD and ecstasy.

Sessions, in the past, has made it clear he opposes marijuana legalization. “Good people don’t smoke marijuana,” he’s on record saying. And further back he allegedly said he thought KKK members were OK until he learned they smoked marijuana. He has since called that a joke.

But in a Trump presidency, he’d be asked to forward the Trump agenda and not his own, and a spokesman for President Trump made it clear Sessions would be implementing the Trump agenda, which is promising for the marijuana industry.

Donald Trump has supported state’s rights in legalizing and establishing marijuana policies. Robert Capecchi, director of federal policies at the Marijuana Policy Project, said they are cautiously optimistic the incoming administration will continue current policies and not interfere in state laws.

“We remain cautiously optimistic that the Trump administration will refrain from interfering in state marijuana laws,” Capecchi said in a statement following Sessions’ confirmation. “We are hopeful that Mr. Sessions will follow the president’s lead and respect states’ rights on marijuana policy.

“It would be shocking if the Trump administration attempted to steamroll the citizens and governments in these states to enforce an increasingly unpopular federal policy.”

In the U.S. about 60% of Americans support marijuana legalization, and following the seven states that recently voted to legalize recreation, or medical marijuana, more are looking to take steps toward legalization.

At this point, the possibility of additional states taking the plunge, or federal legalization getting closer is unknown, but unlikely.

Some of the policies put in place by the Justice Department in the last eight years have been valuable, Sessions said during his hearing, but he’s been critical of the Obama administration’s hands-off approach when it comes to federal marijuana laws.

“It’s not so much the attorney general’s job to decide what laws to enforce. We should do our jobs and enforce laws effectively as we’re able,” Sessions said during his hearing. “The U.S. Congress made the possession of marijuana in every state — and the distribution — an illegal act. If that’s something that’s not desired any longer, Congress should pass a law to change the rule.”

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#10: Gatlin    To: Mudboy Slim (#8)

Rush Limbaugh: “I wouldn’t have been able to make it through hundreds of shows if it weren’t for the benefits of medical marijuana”

I challenge THAT quote, in particular...but more American folks have partaken in the pleasures/threats/whatever of THC-based products than haven't...as Bob Dylan once famously crooned, "EVERYBODY must get STONE'd!!"

Only the TRUE WEIRDOZ have never even tried pot...LOL!! Yeah...I'm talkin' ATchoooU...MUD)B^/>]

BTW...not U in particular, Deckard.

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Mudboy Slim, can you provide a source for your statement that: “More American folks have partaken in the pleasures/threats/whatever of THC-based products than haven't.”

All I can find are research reports like this one:

Gallup shows:
  • 43% of U.S. adults say they have tried marijuana.
  • 13% report being current marijuana users.
I also found that smoking cannabis causes ‘reality’ problems. Scientists have shown for the first time how cannabis users can become paranoid and lose grip of reality. A study revealed that the drug’s most powerful active ingredient reduces activity in a part of the brain that helps keep people sane. The inferior frontal cortex acts as a check on irrational thoughts and prevents inappropriate behaviour. But brain scans carried out on a group of volunteers showed that THC – the chemical responsible for a cannabis “buzz” – dampens down activity in the region. This was born out by the results of psychological tests, which revealed signs of temporary psychosis.1

Gatlin posted on 2017-02-13 19:54:06   Reply   Private Reply

#11: GrandIsland    To: Gatlin (#7)

Neil Young is a monotone horrible singer... who can only talk through his songs. He is one of the worse singers in history. Hopefully he OD's

GrandIsland posted on 2017-02-13 20:01:14   Reply   Private Reply

#12: rlk    To: Gatlin (#10)

I also found that smoking cannabis causes ‘reality’ problems. Scientists have shown for the first time how cannabis users can become paranoid and lose grip of reality. A study revealed that the drug’s most powerful active ingredient reduces activity in a part of the brain that helps keep people sane. The inferior frontal cortex acts as a check on irrational thoughts and prevents inappropriate behaviour. But brain scans carried out on a group of volunteers showed that THC – the chemical responsible for a cannabis “buzz” – dampens down activity in the region. This was born out by the results of psychological tests, which revealed signs of temporary psychosis.

That is essentually correct. But over repeated use over time, the primeses of the psychosis become habitual, acceptable, and permanent references rather than temporary. The result is cognitive slippage and deterioration.

rlk posted on 2017-02-13 20:25:23   Reply   Private Reply

#13: Deckard    To: Gatlin, GrandIsland, misterwhite, Mudboy Slim (#10)

Men's Wearhouse founder reveals how smoking marijuana for 50 years changed his life

Deckard posted on 2017-02-14 07:45:23   Reply   Private Reply

#14: Deckard    To: GrandIsland (#11)

Neil Young is a monotone horrible singer... who can only talk through his songs. He is one of the worse singers in history. Hopefully he OD's

Looks like your one week time-out didn't improve your manners little boy.

Real class act - wishing death on someone whose music you don't like.

Deckard posted on 2017-02-14 07:47:39   Reply   Private Reply

#15: Mudboy Slim    To: Gatlin, mister4white, A K A Stone, Stoney, redleghunter, goldilucky, BufordP, kristinn, M. Thatcher, holdonnow (#10)

"Mudboy Slim, can you provide a source for your statement that:
“More American folks have partaken in the pleasures/threats/whatever of THC-based products than haven't.”

NOPE...ya got me...THAT is FAKE NEWS, perhaps...

Happy ValenTUNEZ Day, y'ALL!!

Utmost Regardz...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-14 09:34:29   Reply   Private Reply

#16: Mudboy Slim    To: Deckard, GrandIsland, Willie Green, war, Biff Tannen, meguro, Fred Mertz, sneakypete, Funky Dan, jla, Angelwood, ironman (#14)

"Looks like your one week time-out didn't improve your manners little boy.

Real class act - wishing death on someone whose music you don't like."

Sheeesh...RAT/RINO trollz R the TRUE HATERZ, imho...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-14 09:37:51   Reply   Private Reply

#17: misterwhite    To: Deckard (#13)

"Men's Wearhouse founder reveals how smoking marijuana for 50 years changed his life"

He was fired from his own company! A company HE founded.

This is your shining example of success?

misterwhite posted on 2017-02-14 10:07:44   Reply   Private Reply

#18: misterwhite    To: nolu chan (#9)

"Under a Trump administration, expect Federal prosecutions to resume. They can enter any pot farm or retail outlet and seize all property, cash or other, used to facilitate the unlawful activity."

Yep. And they'd have to do that only once. Once the word gets out that they'd lose everything, there'd be a massive "Going Out of Business" sale.

But, then again, dopers are the brightest bunch, so the feds would probably have to do it twice.

misterwhite posted on 2017-02-14 10:22:45   Reply   Private Reply

#19: Gatlin    To: Deckard, GrandIsland, misterwhite, Mudboy Slim (#13)

Men's Wearhouse founder reveals how smoking marijuana for 50 years changed his life.

George Zimmer had a change in his life….he got pushed out of the startup called Men’s Wearhouse that he made famous….it’s now been almost three years since Zimmer was abruptly fired by the company he built from a single store into a multibillion-dollar empire.

Gatlin posted on 2017-02-14 10:31:25   Reply   Private Reply

#20: misterwhite    To: Gatlin (#19)

"... it’s now been almost three years since Zimmer was abruptly fired by the company he built"

Yeah, but he wasn't fired overnight. My guess is that his leadership and judgement had been in decline long before he was fired.

Probably because years of smoking dope finally caught up with him.

misterwhite posted on 2017-02-14 10:38:13   Reply   Private Reply

#21: Deckard    To: misterwhite (#17)

He was fired from his own company! A company HE founded.

He was fired from Men's Wearhouse, the company he founded 40 years earlier, in 2013 over differences with the company's board.

This is your shining example of success?

Yeah - I'm sure you have done oh-so-much better.

Deckard posted on 2017-02-14 10:58:18   Reply   Private Reply

#22: Deckard    To: Gatlin (#19)

...he built from a single store into a multibillion-dollar empire.

While using marijuana - don't forget that part.

Deckard posted on 2017-02-14 10:59:10   Reply   Private Reply

#23: Gatlin    To: Deckard (#22)

...he built from a single store into a multibillion-dollar empire.

While using marijuana - don't forget that part.

How much had his daily consumption increased when he was fired – don’t forget that as a consideration for his termination.

Gatlin posted on 2017-02-14 11:06:31   Reply   Private Reply

#24: Gatlin    To: Deckard, misterwhite (#21)

Yeah - I'm sure you have done oh-so-much better.

That's a really piss poor response ...

It's aughable ...

Gatlin posted on 2017-02-14 11:09:58   Reply   Private Reply

#25: Deckard    To: Gatlin (#23)

don’t forget that as a consideration for his termination.

Let's see - smoking pot for 50 years, started the company 40 years ago and suddenly fired in 2013 over differences with the company's board.

Seems to me you are grasping at straws again.

Deckard posted on 2017-02-14 11:19:53   Reply   Private Reply

#26: Deckard    To: Gatlin (#24)

Yeah - I'm sure you have done oh-so-much better.

That's a really piss poor response ...

Your opinion of my responses are not of interest to me. The fact remains - George Zimmer started a business, ran it successfully for 40 years, and he smoked pot.

Your inane posts don't change that simple fact.

Your idea of a pothead comes from "Reefer Madness" or worse - Cheech and Chong.

I bet you have "potheads" living in your gated community and don't even realize it.

Deckard posted on 2017-02-14 11:23:51   Reply   Private Reply

#27: Gatlin    To: Deckard (#26)

Your opinion of my responses are not of interest to me.

The truth is not of interest to you either….you have shown and proven that for years.

You don’t even know what truth is….you are never exposed to truth in the “fake news” articles you post.

Gatlin posted on 2017-02-14 11:47:16   Reply   Private Reply

#28: Gatlin    To: Deckard (#25)

don’t forget that as a consideration for his termination.

Let's see - smoking pot for 50 years, started the company 40 years ago and suddenly fired in 2013 over differences with the company's board.

Seems to me you are grasping at straws again.

What was the change that caused him to be “suddenly fired” from the company he started 40 years ago?

If it wasn’t pot….then maybe male menopause?

Seems to me that you need to do more comprehensive research next time….you may find a better example for your promotion of an illegal drug.

Gatlin posted on 2017-02-14 11:54:44   Reply   Private Reply

#29: Deckard    To: Gatlin (#27)

There goes Gatlin again - desperately trying to become relevant by declaring himself to be the sole arbiter of Truth.

What a reprehensibly obnoxious little twat!

Deckard posted on 2017-02-14 12:43:39   Reply   Private Reply

#30: Deckard    To: Gatlin (#28)

What was the change that caused him to be “suddenly fired” from the company he started 40 years ago?

WTF man - can you not read?

He was fired over differences with the company's board.

That happens uncountable times in business, you didn't know that?

Deckard posted on 2017-02-14 12:46:14   Reply   Private Reply

#31: Fred Mertz    To: Deckard (#30)

I've been tempted to take Tater off my bozo list on occasion.

But, seeing you quote him, he appears to be a perpetual nuisance so he'll remain there.

Fred Mertz posted on 2017-02-14 12:54:38   Reply   Private Reply

#32: Mudboy Slim    To: Gatlin, misterwhite, misterpink, misterbrown, misterblack, John GRAY, Willie GREEN, REDleghunter, snow bunny, brown sugar (#19)

"Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.
Over unsounded gorges, through the rifled hearts of mountains, under torrents' beds, unerringly I rush!"
-- Captain Ahab, aka John "Bonzo" Bonham...
"Moby Dick..ick..ick..ick..."

(Compliments of the Linus 4tunez program.)

Que sera sera...whatever will B, SHALL be...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-14 13:21:24   Reply   Private Reply

#33: Mudboy Slim    To: Fred Mertz (#31)

33...XXXIII...thirty-three!!

HOOS tater?

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-14 13:22:03   Reply   Private Reply

#34: Mudboy Slim    To: Deckard, Gatlin, GrandIsland, A K A Stone, goldilucky, sneakypete (#29)

"What a reprehensibly obnoxious little twat!"

Tsk..tsk..tsk...must we ALWAYS resort 2 ad hominems, mis hermanos?...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-14 13:24:49   Reply   Private Reply

#35: sneakypete    To: GrandIsland (#11)

Neil Young is a monotone horrible singer... who can only talk through his songs. He is one of the worse singers in history.

I think *I* might need a few bong hits after seeing you write something that isn't insane.

I actually agree with you on something. Both Neil Young and Bob Dillon are and always have been horrible singers. They just got away with it because they were such good song writers and musicians.

Hopefully he OD's

And you being you,sanity could only pay a short visit before feeling in terror.

NOBODY OD's on pot,you freaking idiot.

sneakypete posted on 2017-02-14 13:33:15   Reply   Private Reply

#36: Hondo68    To: Mudboy Slim, Fred Mertz, tater Gatlin, canary cult (#33)

HOOS tater?

tater = Gatlin

Originally the handle was tater, then it was changed to Gatlin.

Trying to hide his tracks when he came over from LP, but they point to those handles belonging to long time Obama supporters tater/Gatlin. Anything globalist, anti-American, with a government job, tater/Gatlin supports for the most part, no mater how evil they are.

He's just a gov asskisser from way back.

Maybe Fred remembers the phony excuse for the name change?

Hondo68 posted on 2017-02-14 14:42:30   Reply   Private Reply

#37: Fred Mertz    To: hondo68 (#36)

Fred this is stone and i deleted your asshole statement.

Fred Mertz posted on 2017-02-14 14:55:50   Reply   Private Reply

#38: Hondo68    To: Fred Mertz, TEA Party Reveler, Murron, Biff Tannen, yukon (#37)

Title: Gatlin, Top Dog Come on in
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Published: Jan 15, 2015
Author: A K A Meannie
Post Date: 2015-01-15 00:44:21 by A K A Stone
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Look what just washed up on shore. Welcome.

Tater's return, with a new name... Gatlin.

Reverend yukon preaches several sermons, before getting banned. Funny stuff!

Hondo68 posted on 2017-02-14 15:10:19   Reply   Private Reply

#39: GrandIsland    To: sneakypete (#35)

I wasn't talking "pot", shit breath. That hippie asshole, I'm sure does a narcotic or two.

GrandIsland posted on 2017-02-14 17:42:20   Reply   Private Reply

#40: tpaine    To: Deckard (#26)

I bet you have "potheads" living in your gated community and don't even realize it.

If you really believe that gatlin lives in a 'gated

tpaine posted on 2017-02-14 17:55:08   Reply   Private Reply

#41: tpaine    To: Deckard, y'all (#26)

I bet you have "potheads" living in your gated community and don't even realize it.

If you really believe that gatlin lives in a 'gated community', I'll pay your bus fare up to the old folks home where he's warehoused, --- so you can visit.

One thing is fer shure about gatlin, --- he could never have passed muster to be an officer in our armed forces.

tpaine posted on 2017-02-14 18:12:24   Reply   Private Reply

#42: Hondo68    To: tpaine, NORK spudz (#41)

gatlin, --- he could never have passed muster to be an officer in our armed forces.

Gatlin, North Korean Air Force?

Hondo68 posted on 2017-02-14 18:17:51   Reply   Private Reply

#43: Mudboy Slim    To: nolu chan (#9)

"You could live a better life, if you had a better mind and a better body."
(Compliments of the Linux Fortune program.)

The good Lord above has NEVER produced a better mind or a better body than...MUDZ, imho...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-14 18:28:12   Reply   Private Reply

#44: Mudboy Slim    To: hondo68, Gatlin (#42)

"North Korean Air Force?"

Heh heh heh...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-14 18:38:37   Reply   Private Reply

#45: Mudboy Slim    To: tpaine, Deckard, Gatlin (#41)

"If you really believe that gatlin lives in a 'gated community', I'll pay your bus fare up to the old folks home where he's warehoused, --- so you can visit."

U gonna TAKE dat, Gatlin?!...tpaine's p'OWNin' U, dude...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-14 18:41:17   Reply   Private Reply

#46: sneakypete    To: GrandIsland, *Humor* (#39)

I wasn't talking "pot", shit breath.

ROLFMAO! You actually think it's possible to OD on pot!

That one earns a humor ping list ping.

sneakypete posted on 2017-02-14 22:20:12   Reply   Private Reply

#47: Mudboy Slim    To: hondo68, Gatlin, re3dleghunter (#36)

"Chicken Little only has to be right once."

(Compliments of the Linux Fortune program.)

AlGOREz raison d'tre...heh heh heh.

MUDZ NEVER trusted non-Military FEDERAL Guv'ment...
employees/dolts/lowlife WELFARE wussies aka RATZ/RINOZ aka mindless minionz!!

GIT a reeeal JOB, bitches!!

Nuff sed...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-15 09:39:45   Reply   Private Reply

#48: Mudboy Slim    To: sneakypete (#46)

Hey there, STINKY....lOOk what the RATZ drugged in...LOL!!

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-15 09:40:38   Reply   Private Reply

#49: Mudboy Slim    To: All (#48)

49...

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-15 09:40:55   Reply   Private Reply

#50: Mudboy Slim    To: All (#49)

Fitty...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-15 09:41:25   Reply   Private Reply

#51: Mudboy Slim    To: sneakypete (#46)

"BOYCOTT PAYPAL AND CLOSE YOUR PP ACCOUNTS NOW!
ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO,TOO!"

Must U always HoLLeR, Pete?!
Sheeesh...and what's PayPal?! Never heard of it...MUD

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-15 09:45:36   Reply   Private Reply

#52: Mudboy Slim    To: hondo68 (#36)

"For courage mounteth with occasion."
-- William Shakespeare, "King John" LongDONG MacGILLuhKUddY!!

(Compliments of the Linux Fortune program.)

Told ya...MUD new IT all a...LOOOooong...ta dahhh!!

Now U dew it, mi amigo...IT ain't hard and it's sorta FUN 2 FUCK with the RATZ...MUD33

Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-15 13:16:23   Reply   Private Reply

#53: Gatlin    To: Fred Mertz (#31)

I've been tempted to take Tater off my bozo list on occasion.

Boo!

This is the occassion ...

I see you did take me off Bozo.

lol ...

Gatlin posted on 2017-02-15 20:57:20   Reply   Private Reply

#54: Hondo68    To: Gatlin, Fred Mertz, Mudboy Slim, sneakypete, buckeroo, tpaine, Deckard (#53)

I see you [Fred] did take me off Bozo.

Fred Mertz was banned, apparently for excessive truth-telling. Some folks can't handle the truth.

Free Fred Mertz!

Hondo68 posted on 2017-02-15 21:07:23   Reply   Private Reply

#55: buckeroo    To: hondo68, Fred Mertz (#54)

What happened this tyme?

buckeroo posted on 2017-02-15 22:10:16   Reply   Private Reply

#56: sneakypete    To: hondo68 (#54)

Free Fred Mertz!

Free Fred Mertz!

sneakypete posted on 2017-02-15 22:59:34   Reply   Private Reply

#57: Hondo68    To: buckeroo (#55)

#7. To: hondo68 (#0)

Why do you suck gary johnsons dick? Huh asshole?

A K A Stone posted on 2017-02-14 22:31:54 ET Reply Trace Private Reply

#8. To: A K A Stone (#7)

Fred Mertz posted on 2017-02-14 22:33:01 ET

http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=49768&Disp=7#C7

What happened this tyme?

The usual suspect posted his current homo-erotic fantasy about Gary's johnson, and Fred responded.

Fred's going on a 5 day trip and NOT taking his laptop. Like Star Trek he's going where noone have gone before!

May the force be with him.

Hondo68 posted on 2017-02-15 23:18:04   Reply   Private Reply

#58: Mudboy Slim    To: A K A STONE, d hondo68, Ethyl Mertz is perPETuaLEE buttHURT...WAAAaaahhh...aka STONE ROX...MUD33 (#54)

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STILL lives with his BELOVED Great-Aunt "Lucille BLOW-up Version Ball...Deluxe!!"... a k a ...
The OFFICIAL Life-Size/AnatomicalLEE-sorta similar (WTF?!..smh)
a. k. a. "I LOVE LUCY" blowup DOLL...

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Que sera..SERA!! WHATevahh SHALL BE could B...
THEse RAT-trollz R WAAAaaayyy pre-VERTED dudes HOO never git LAID...
I mean, by "REAL, flesh/meat female humanoidz",...,IMHO, of course...MUD

BTW...CAN't we all JUST git along?!)B^D>X***//

"You will be aided greatly by a person whom you thought to be unimportant."
(Compliments of the Linus' 4**TUNEZ program.)

FRed Mertz is allegedLEE bi-SE$Xual, BI-modal, bi-CYCLICall, BI-polar, etc...

U a TRANNY, 2, FRed...just TWIXT U.S. old FReeper buddies.

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Mudboy Slim posted on 2017-02-16 15:37:04   Reply   Private Reply

#59: Fred Mertz    To: hondo68, sneakypete (#57)

I'm back from my road trip. Did I miss anything important?

Fred Mertz posted on 2017-02-19 23:46:31   Reply   Private Reply