Attorney General Jeff Sessions' War on Pot May Become a War on Small Business [View all]

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Sessions on Thursday repealed what's known as the Cole memo, a document that generally barred federal law enforcement officials from interfering with marijuana sales in states where the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


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