Indopedia All Things Marijuana
The federal marijuana crackdown that drug reform advocates have speculated and feared for the past several months could come to a head later this week when U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety submits its review on policies pertaining to the cultivation and sale of cannabis products in the United States.
In April, Sessions assembled the task force in an effort to find any and all connections between statewide marijuana legalization and the national uptick in violent crime. Those recommendations, according to a memo calling for the review, are to be submitted no later than this Thursday, July 27.
Although some policy experts like Jacob Sullum, senior editor at Reason Magazine, believe a federal marijuana crackdown is unlikely to happen because it “would contradict Trump’s campaign promises, cause an uproar among state officials across the country, and provoke strong objections from members of Congress who represent states with legal pot,” others think that the upcoming recommendations could be a way of strengthening Sessions’ argument against allowing the cannabis trade to continue.
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