Vote on Attorney General Nominee Is 'Make or Break' for Pot Legalization, Backers Say
Backers of marijuana legalization on Monday stepped up their pressure on the U.S. Senate to block the confirmation of Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions as the next attorney general.
Sessions, a staunch opponent of legalization, angered proponents in April when he called pot “dangerous” and said that “good people don’t smoke marijuana.”
Marijuana backers want the issue aired Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee begins Sessions’ confirmation hearing.
IT’S A NATIONAL THING – THIS HEARING IS MAKE OR BREAK FOR THE MARIJUANA FOLKS.
Adam Eidinger, who heads a pro-legalization group in Washington, D.C., called DCMJ
“It’s a national thing: This hearing is make or break for the marijuana folks,” said Adam Eidinger, who heads a pro-legalization group in Washington, D.C., called DCMJ.
The hearing comes amid an explosion of support for legal marijuana in the past year, with nearly a quarter of all...
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