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Showing Original Post only (View all)Sen. Leahy Schedules Marijuana Hearing, Wants State Laws Respected [View all]
Roll Call ?@rollcall 2mLeahy Schedules Marijuana Hearing, Wants State Laws Respected http://bit.ly/14xXRPC via @nielslesniewski
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick J. Leahy will hold a hearing on marijuana policy after the Senate returns and said Monday that state laws legalizing the drug should be respected.
The Vermont Democrats inviting Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and Deputy Attorney General James Cole to testify at the Sept. 10 hearing. Presumably expecting a large audience, Leahy has scheduled the hearing in the oversized hearing room in the Hart Senate Office Building that is used for major events such as Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
It is important, especially at a time of budget constraints, to determine whether it is the best use of federal resources to prosecute the personal or medicinal use of marijuana in states that have made such consumption legal, Leahy said in a statement. I believe that these state laws should be respected. At a minimum, there should be guidance about enforcement from the federal government.
The announcement of the hearing, which will focus on conflicts between state and federal laws, follows last weeks statement by White House spokesman Josh Earnest that President Barack Obama has yet to change his view on the issue of legalized marijuana use.
The president acknowledged that, the priority here the priority in terms of the dedication of law enforcement resources should be targeted toward our drug kingpins, drug traffickers and others who perpetrate violence in the conduct of the drug trade, that that is the best use of our law enforcement resources, Earnest said. At the same time, the president does not you know, at this point, advocate a change in the law.
That statement came in response to a question that came one day after a CQ Roll Call reporter brought up the subject at the daily White House press briefing.
read: http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/leahy-schedules-marijuana-hearing-wants-state-laws-respected/
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R. Daneel Olivaw
Aug 2013
#15
Soon we just might see if the baggers are the 'libertarians' they claim they are...
beerandjesus
Aug 2013
#17
K&R from an HIV+ medicinal pot user. MMJ keeps me alive by boosting my appetite and ..
livingwagenow
Aug 2013
#20
I suffer from small fiber sensory neuropathy, one of the poster children for medical pot.
Dustlawyer
Aug 2013
#22
And I think it's going to be like LGBT marriage equality, where the people will need to lead because
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#35
Also, the Admin. has made it clear that they think a chemo granny with a pot plant in her basement
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#36