Drug war is over (if you want it)By Nick Gillespie
http://reason.com/blog/2018/04/13/trump-announces-unprecedented-support-foOn the first great-weather day of Spring 2018, President Donald Trump has committed to withdrawing federal objections to the legalization of marijuana, reports Tom Angell of Marijuana Moment . . .
. . . This is huge, as it would unambiguously allow states to pursue legalization without worrying about a federal crackdown such as the one proposed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the start of this year. An unambiguous ally in the White House would also go a long way to ending skittishness on the part of banks and other firms to engage with pot-related industry in states where such business is legal. At Marijuana Moment, Angell writes that the details of the "legislative solution" Sen. [Cory] Gardner mentions are not know yet, but the Colorado Republican said it will amount to a "universal fix" to all questions regarding pot legalization.
Gardner had been using senatorial privilege to place holds on various administration nominees until he received assurances that the Trump administration would work to allow the untroubled legalization of pot in states that decide to do so . . . So here we have Donald Trump, who is so terrible on so many issues and pretty damn good on others, moving forward on negotiating peace on the War on Pot. Nothing is over until the last non-violent offender is freed, but this is very good news.
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If this is indeed so, Donaldus Minimus, you're doing the absolute right thing.
