MarijuanaPolExDir

They're coming after your freedom.

1) Our hope and goal is for Congress to take legislative action this year that establishes marijuana as a states' rights issue.

2) As of right now, the Justice Department is still restricted from interfering in medical marijuana laws at the state level. That has not changed as a result of today's announcement. We need Congress to renew that policy, so please call your Congressmen and Senators and urge them to protect state-level medical marijuana laws from federal interference.

3) That remains to be seen. In theory, federal prosecutors and agents could take immediate action against state-legal marijuana businesses.

It's hard to say, given that a strong majority of Americans support legalization and believe that marijuana should be a states' rights issue. Jeff Sessions has a long-standing tradition of taking deeply misguided positions on marijuana policy. His motivation is guided by obsolete thinking. What matters is how we respond. We need Congress to pass legislation that allows states to decide their own marijuana laws without interference from the federal government. We need to take away Sessions' ability to trample on states' rights.

I am so glad to hear that medical marijuana is working as a treatment for you. The fact that our country has blocked access to medical treatments and medical research is shameful. Thankfully, a great deal of progress has been made in recent years.

What will this mean for medical marijuana states? As of right now, the Justice Department is still restricted from interfering in medical marijuana laws at the state level. That has not changed as a result of today's announcement. We need Congress to renew that policy, so please call your Congressmen and Senators and urge them to protect state-level medical marijuana laws from federal interference.

Thank you for volunteering to be part of legal action. Please email [email protected] and we'll continue that conversation.

Legalizing marijuana ends the unjust and wasteful policy of arresting, prosecuting, and even incarcerating American adults who choose to use a substance that is safer than alcohol.