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US to end policy that let legal pot flourish
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jan 04, 2018 08:52am |
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| Author | SADIE GURMAN |
| News Date | Thursday, January 4, 2018 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding the Obama-era policy that had paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, two people with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. Sessions will instead let federal prosecutors where pot is legal decide how aggressively to enforce federal marijuana law, the people said.
The move by President Donald Trump’s attorney general likely will add to confusion about whether it’s OK to grow, buy or use marijuana in states where pot is legal, since long-standing federal law prohibits it. It comes days after pot shops opened in California, launching what is expected to become the world’s largest market for legal recreational marijuana and as polls show a solid majority of Americans believe the drug should be legal. |
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