Trump Administration Taking Step That Could Threaten Marijuana Legalization Movement

The Trump administration on Thursday will free federal prosecutors to more aggressively enforce marijuana laws, effectively threatening to undermine the legalization movement that has spread to six states, most recently California. The Justice Department is expected to rescind an Obama-era policy of discouraging federal prosecutors from bringing charges of marijuana-related crimes in states that had legalized sales of the drug. It was not immediately clear whether the administration intends to carry out a federal crackdown…


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