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Justice Dept. Won’t Block Pot Legalization by States

In a move that the owner of one marijuana dispensary called “the beginning of the end of marijuana prohibition,” Deputy Attorney General James Cole last week sent a memo to federal prosecutors stating that the Justice Department will not sue to block laws legalizing marijuana in 20 states and the District of Columbia. So reports The New York Times.

 

Mr. Cole will testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to clarify the administration's stance on the issue on Sept. 10. Marijuana legalization proponents see the decision as having the potential to create new jobs, reduce jail populations and generate much needed state funds from marijuana taxes, while law enforcement and drug policy officials fear increases in impaired driving and criminal drug operations.

 

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