#NORML #News Source: @norml @WeedConnection Posted By: norml@weedconnection.com media :: news - Tue, 29 Nov 2016 04:20:21 PST
Anti-MJ Zealot for AG? Weed Connection news comes from NORML. Our belief is that the new president will at the very least do his best to make America great again. That includes keeping campaign promises to legalize or at least protect the medical/cannabis industry and the many citizens affected by it. We do not believe the new attorney general will be authorized to work against the progress made where there are more important issues to focus on than disrupting a peaceful movement of educated, organized, and law abiding people who also happen to be good business for the nation in terms of tax dollars. Do not give into the F.E.A.R. is False Evidence Appearing Real as this story is most probably a planted scare tactic coming from a possibly corrupted source that did give us permission to repost:
Anti-Marijuana Zealot Tapped For Attorney General
Washington, DC: President-Elect Donald Trump tapped Republican Senator Jeff Sessions from Alabama for the position of United States Attorney General. The selection of Sen. Sessions, a long-time opponent of marijuana law reform, comes just days after voters in eight states decided in favor of legalizing marijuana.
The selection raises immediate concerns that the incoming Trump administration may renege on campaign promises to respect the will of the voters in states that have elected to pursue alternative regulatory schemes for cannabis.
Said NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri: "Trump's nomination of Senator Sessions for the position of Attorney General should send a chill down the spine of the majority of Americans who support marijuana law reform, and who respect the will of voters to enact regulatory alternatives to cannabis prohibition. Senator Sessions is a militant marijuana prohibitionist who believes that ³good people don't smoke marijuana.(source) This archaic mentality is not what we need from our nation's Attorney General and we must put pressure on President-Elect Trump to ensure that Sessions upholds Trump's campaign promise to not interfere with state marijuana laws."
Said NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano: "Trump ascended to the Presidency by tapping into the divide between the views of ordinary voters and the policies espoused by Washington. One of the issues where this greatest divide exists is on the subject of marijuana policy, as evidence by the fact now more than half the country lives in jurisdictions that have legalized marijuana in some manner. Unfortunately, the appointment of Sen. Sessions -- a longtime anti-marijuana zealot -- will simply accentuate this divide and cost Washington, DC further respect and credibility with the ordinary American voter."
Senator Sessions received a failing grade from NORML's 2016 Congressional Report Card, released this past fall.
