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A bipartisan group of House Democrats and Republicans recently hashed out a $1 trillion budget for government spending, but none of which will be used to crack down on legal pot.
A new government funding bill will block the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prosecute law-abiding medical marijuana companies operating in legal states, reports the Orange County Register.
The budget’s full text of the marijuana provision is as follows:
None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of the States
Alabama
Jeff Sessions Shamelessly Links Marijuana With Violent Criminal Organizations
Ever since Donald Trump appointed Jeff Sessions as the U.S. Attorney General, the regressively thinking Southerner has attempted to demonize cannabis at every turn.
Jeff Sessions “Surprised” by Public Backlash Over His Anti-Marijuana Stance
From the very moment that Donald Trump appointed Jeff Sessions as United States Attorney General, the cannabis industry was sent into a state of panic. The former Alabama senator and accused racist has long been one of the staunchest opponents to legalization.
On Tuesday, during a speech at the Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, the attorney general expressed disbelief that the country doesn’t share his outdated and draconian views on cannabis.