EDITORIAL: Jeff Sessions ought to butt out of marijuana enforcement, and focus on what matters
And yet this week, President
On Thursday, Interior Secretary
At the same time, Attorney General
This came after
Mayor
All this might be understandable if the
"Every violation of state sovereignty by federal officials is not merely a transgression of one unit of government against another; it is an assault on the liberties of individual Americans," the platform solemnly declares.
Rep.
We hope Sessions relents. But if he doesn't, the
Although we didn't endorse Proposition 64, it passed with 57 percent of the vote. There's no constitutional prohibition against marijuana use, and federal statutes, which place weed in the same category as heroin, are as unrealistic as Sessions' attempt to turn back the clock.
Similarly, coastal states ought to have the right to control what happens in their waters. Gov.
The
"Certainly, the irony is not lost on us," Lt. Gov.
Instead of busting people for weed, the administration could combat deadly opioids. Instead of trying to drill for more petroleum, the administration could promote green alternatives. And it could fix the broken immigration system. True, all that would be hard. But it's not too late to focus on issues that matter.
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