Sessions Unleashes Federal Prosecution of State Legal Marijuana

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a DOJ policy reversal, allowing federal prosecutors to pursue cases in states with legal marijuana.

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By Adam Shaw and Jake Gibson

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday rolled back an Obama-era policy that allowed legal marijuana to thrive without federal intervention.

The move effectively unleashes federal prosecutors to consider bringing marijuana cases, while stopping short of ordering them to do so.

U.S. attorneys need to make decisions in these cases as they do in other drugs cases,” a senior DOJ official told Fox News.

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