Watch: Hickenlooper says it's unclear whether Trump could stop legal marijuana
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, as a guest on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, downplayed the possibility that the Trump administration would take aim at Colorado’s recreational marijuana industry, saying legalization’s inclusion in the state Constitution makes it unclear whether the federal government could shut it down.
“Our voters passed it 55-45. It’s in our constitution,” Hickenlooper told “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd on Sunday.
“You don’t think it’s clear that the federal government could stop you?” Todd asked.
“Exactly,” Hickenlooper replied.
Prior to his confirmation as attorney general, Jeff Sessions suggested to U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner that enforcement of federal marijuana law in states that have approved recreational pot would not be a priority, Hickenlooper said.
“It wasn’t worth rising to the top and becoming a priority,” Sessions told Gardner, according to Hickenlooper.
Before voters approved Amendment 64 in 2012, the governor opposed legalizing recreational pot. Todd...
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