Government,
Criminal,
Administrative/Regulatory
May 18, 2017
Keep feds out of our cannabis business
Assembly Bill 1578 would prohibit the federal government from forcing local agencies to assist in enforcing federal marijuana laws against state-authorized cannabis businesses.
Lynne Lyman
state director
Drug Policy Alliance
Lynne Lyman is California state director for the Drug Policy Alliance
For those of us weary from a hard fought victory to legalize cannabis in the world's sixth largest economy, it was jarring when we learned that then-Sen. Jeff Sessions was announced as Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general.
It certainly did not take long before the new attorney general and members of the Trump administration began making veiled threats and strong references to an upcoming crackdown on states that have legalized marijuana. We have labored tirelessly in California ? ...
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