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red dog 1

(29,358 posts) Sat Jan 6, 2018, 07:49 PM Jan 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions' War on Pot May Become a War on Small Business

CNBC
January 6, 2018

- Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding the 2013 Obama memo that said the federal government would not stand in the way of states legalizing marijuana.

- The majority of businesses in the legal cannabis industry are small businesses.
They may face huge legal bills and become targets of prosecution.

- The issue will come down to how the courts determine federal policy.

Sessions on Thursday repealed what's known as the Cole memo, a document that generally barred federal law enforcement officials from interfering with marijuana sales in states where the drug is legal.

In a one-page memo, he directed federal prosecutors to use their discretion in deciding whether to bring charges against distributors, growers and processors, considering the seriousness of the crime, and it's impact on the community.

Read entire article, watch video:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/06/jeff-sessions-war-on-pot-may-become-a-war-on-small-business.html

(From Thursday)
"States with legal pot denounce federal crackdown"
https://www.democraticunderground.com/12795202

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions' War on Pot May Become a War on Small Business (Original Post) red dog 1 Jan 2018 OP

If we can frame the attack on cannabis as an attack on small business, Aristus Jan 2018 #1

Man I HATE wanting Sessions to keep his job!!!! BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #2

It will mobilize the millenials for 2018! Chasstev365 Jan 2018 #3

Of course if Congress would decriminalize pot VMA131Marine Jan 2018 #4

stock market going nuts, safeinOhio Jan 2018 #5

In the 1930s it was easy to fool GWC58 Mar 2018 #6

Aristus

(68,396 posts)

1. If we can frame the attack on cannabis as an attack on small business,

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 07:54 PM

Jan 2018

we could do some real harm to Sessions, his idiotic agenda, and to Trump himself.

BigmanPigman

(52,292 posts)

2. Man I HATE wanting Sessions to keep his job!!!!

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 08:01 PM

Jan 2018

If he is fired than The Moron has a pretty easy path to quickly and fairly easily get rid of Mueller and derail the investigation since now all the GOP who were supporting all the investigations are now trying to derail them, obstruct them or discredit them. On the other hand I despise Sessions for 1,000,000,000+ reasons. This sucks! How do you choose between a rock and a hard place?

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

3. It will mobilize the millenials for 2018!

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 08:10 PM

Jan 2018

VMA131Marine

(4,654 posts)

4. Of course if Congress would decriminalize pot

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 08:36 PM

Jan 2018

And let states make their own rules, this wouldn't be an issue and over time most states would legalize it as CA, CO, and WA have done.

safeinOhio

(34,105 posts)

5. stock market going nuts,

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 08:59 PM

Jan 2018

the return of prohibition.

I get the feeling history is about to repeat the 30s

GWC58

(2,678 posts)

6. In the 1930s it was easy to fool

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 07:59 AM

Mar 2018

the population with lurid tales of “Reefer Madness,” and such. I have to believe the pushback would be immense. The numbers favoring legalization continue to grow BY THE DAY! With this administration, however, any/everything is possible!

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