Holder announces fed policy toward CO and WA legalization

[RainDog]

3. Turning the ship of state

is a laborious process sometimes, or so I've heard.

The most horrid and egregious laws and attitudes were allowed to stand in this nation for a hundred years, took a war to overturn, followed by an amendment, followed by a hundred years of de facto denial of the law, followed by an, at last, crisis of conscience among those in political office, after a decade of non-violent resistance, countered by murders and harassment. On a level unprecedented regarding any other issue in American life.

So, I can accept the baby steps along the way as a sign of progress.

At this point, people's focus should be on Congress and what they can do to address this issue by the passage of Polis' legislation to remove cannabis from the oversight of the DEA (thus removing it from the CSA).

If you look at the recent sentencing reform action, both the AG and Congress worked in tandem to create another framework. The AG is signaling to Congress that his office will address the law it is given.

So, at this point, Congress should be the focus.

Let Leahy know you support his actions.

Be polite and encouraging. Emphasize the positive aspects of change, rather than the stubbornness that is so aggravating.