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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP governors to Trump: 'It's too late to turn back the clock on medical marijuana'
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/gop-governors-to-trump-its-too-late-to-turn-back-the-clock-on-medical-marijuana/Despite the Trump administrations proposed crackdown on recreational marijuana, some Republicans are coming to terms with the fact that medical weed is here and its not going anywhere. Trumps Department of Justice announced plans for greater federal enforcement of laws against recreational pot use last month. Over the weekend, Republican lawmakers convened in Washington, D.C. to meet with the Trump administration about just that. I want to see the details to what the administration is talking about, Gov. Brian Sandoval (R-NV) told the Daily Beast.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is the former administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration under George W. Bush, in his position under Bush, headed the raids of numerous medical marijuana establishments. Despite the official position of the DEA at the time, Hutchinson spoke at a university in 2011, eight years later, about medical marijuana use.
He told the audience that people should have access to whatever is recommended by their doctors, whether it is Marinol or marijuana or whatever. According to High Times, Hutchinson opposed a measure in the fall to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas. The ballot won in the end and he ultimately signed it into law.
He explained to the Daily Beast that federal law should not overrule state laws of which a given states constituents have voted in favor. Well it is a massive conflict. So you either have to change state law or you change federal law, and right now Congress has not changed federal law. He added, I think its too late to turn back the clock on medical marijuana.
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GOP governors to Trump: 'It's too late to turn back the clock on medical marijuana' (Original Post)
fleur-de-lisa
Mar 2017
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dem4decades
(11,244 posts)1. It's the recreational weed that's in danger
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)2. Which is stoopid cuz the tax $$$$ rolls in for the states
(and municipalities that have nickel and dimed the extra fees to death). It's become a reliable revenue stream.