Indopedia All Things Marijuana
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is still waiting for a crime-reduction task force to provide him with recomendations over federal marijuana policy before making any definitive plans toward the potential castration of the legal cannabis trade.
The so-called marijuana subcommittee, which has been conducting its review of legalization in the depths of super secrecy, is expected to deliver its recommendations to Sessions by the end of next month.
There is speculation that the coming report could be the end of the cannabis industry, as we have come to know it. The task force, which is reportedly being guided by Michael Murray, counsel to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, could possibly lead to the demise of an Obama-era memo (Cole) that gives states the freedom to experiment with legal wed. It is conceivable that a new, more restrictive memo will be issued its place.
According to U.S. News & World Report, the Department of Justice is being extremely mysterious about what the review is all about. To make matters more confusing, no one seems to know who is taking part in the process, and federal officials are not allowing any guidance from lawmakers or groups close…
