TheOldSchool
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We all know about Jeff Session's spite towards minority groups, and the danger that he'll spend his time as AG attacking civil rights and rolling back protections against discrimination and segregation. But after the sweeping victory Marijuana had on November 8th the country has presented Sessions with a major test; will he undermine state's rights by enacting a federal crackdown on the people's will that Marijuana be legalized for medical and recreational purposes? Or will he stand by the alt-right's supposed principle that says that individual states should decide their own destinies for themselves?
The possibility of Sessions becoming the nation’s top law enforcement official promises to set off a hot debate over the rights of states to operate without federal interference.
Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, said that Sessions “has long advocated for state sovereignty” and that he needs to ensure that the wishes of state voters are respected. After last week’s election, more than 60 percent of Americans now live in states that have approved either medical or recreational marijuana, or both.
“I believe that President-elect Trump is someone who has a high regard for the 10th Amendment and states’ rights,” said Derek Peterson, chief executive officer of Terra Tech, a publicly traded cannabis company in California.
Sessions, however, is another matter.
Aaron Herzberg, partner and general counsel of Calcann Holdings, LLC, a California medical marijuana real estate company, called Sessions “the worst pick that Trump could have made” and warned that marijuana legalization in states such as California, Florida and Washington “may be in serious jeopardy” if Sessions is confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
“It appears that he is intent on rolling back policy to the 1980s Nancy Reagan’s ‘just say no’ days,” Herzberg said.
Will Alabama’s Sessions support states’ rights – when the issue is marijuana?
The possibility of Sessions becoming the nation’s top law enforcement official promises to set off a hot debate over the rights of states to operate without federal interference.
Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, said that Sessions “has long advocated for state sovereignty” and that he needs to ensure that the wishes of state voters are respected. After last week’s election, more than 60 percent of Americans now live in states that have approved either medical or recreational marijuana, or both.
“I believe that President-elect Trump is someone who has a high regard for the 10th Amendment and states’ rights,” said Derek Peterson, chief executive officer of Terra Tech, a publicly traded cannabis company in California.
Sessions, however, is another matter.
Aaron Herzberg, partner and general counsel of Calcann Holdings, LLC, a California medical marijuana real estate company, called Sessions “the worst pick that Trump could have made” and warned that marijuana legalization in states such as California, Florida and Washington “may be in serious jeopardy” if Sessions is confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
“It appears that he is intent on rolling back policy to the 1980s Nancy Reagan’s ‘just say no’ days,” Herzberg said.
Will Alabama’s Sessions support states’ rights – when the issue is marijuana?
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