Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump’s choice for US Attorney General, has the potential to threaten recent gains in state-level opposition to federal laws. As an enthusiastic supporter of the Drug War — if he is confirmed as Attorney General — Sessions will be in a position to clamp down on statewide efforts to legalize marijuana by utilizing state-level nullification strategies. Following years of gains for medicinal marijuana, advocates took the battle against federal prohibition to a new level in 2012 when voters in Colorado and Washington State approved the legalization of recreational marijuana use and possession. Since then, several more states have joined in bringing … Continue reading Jeff Sessions’s Drug War May End What’s Left of States’ Rights