The racist Keebler Elf, better known as Attorney General Jeff Sessions, really wants to take this country backward. He wants to restart the expensive, ineffective, but totally racist War on Drugs. He wants to crack down on medical marijuana use. Oh, and he thinks people who identify as LGBT should not have civil rights.
Fortunately, there’s a sign that his dreams of locking people up for providing sick patients with a medicinal plant may never come true. A press release from the Drug Policy Alliance says the Senate Appropriation Committee approved an amendment that’d defund Sessions’ anti-pot initiative.
Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted by voice vote to approve an amendment that would block the Department of Justice from spending any funds to undermine state medical marijuana laws. The amendment – led by Senator Leahy (D-VT) – is a striking rebuke of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had personally requested that Congress eliminate the amendment and allow him to prosecute medical marijuana providers and patients. The amendment passed with strong Republican support, a sign that Sessions is isolated politically as rumors of a crackdown on marijuana businesses abound.
Sadly, we don't know what will happen, but the organization says the Committee's voice vote gives us hope that Congress won't easily give Sessions money to waste on "fighting" drugs. The law just isn’t on the Attorney General’s side.
The amendment – also known as Rohrabacher-Farr – has also been litigated in court with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that, while the amendment is in effect, DOJ cannot prosecute individuals who follow state law on medical marijuana. Currently, 29 states have full medical marijuana laws.
Looks like Sessions should try a different line of work if he wants to bully medical marijuana patients and their providers.