Eric Holder Says DOJ Will Let Washington, Colorado Marijuana Laws Go Into Effect

[240 is Back]

WASHINGTON -- The United States government took a historic step back from its long-running drug war on Thursday, when Attorney General Eric Holder informed the governors of Washington and Colorado that the Department of Justice would allow the states to create a regime that would regulate and implement the ballot initiatives that legalized the use of marijuana for adults.

A Justice Department official said that Holder told the governors in a joint phone call early Thursday afternoon that the department would take a "trust but verify approach" to the state laws. DOJ is reserving its right to file a preemption lawsuit at a later date, since the states' regulation of marijuana is illegal under the Controlled Substances Act.

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[Emmortal]

Doesn't meant they won't go in and bust the dispensaries like they have been doing in California even though they said they would back off.

Just more double speak from the monkeys steering the ship.

[Jack T. Cross]

Doesn't meant they won't go in and bust the dispensaries like they have been doing in California even though they said they would back off.

Just more double speak from the monkeys steering the ship.

I've got a huge problem with those that claim one goal, while working toward another.

[Roger Bacon]

States should be more powerful than the Feds.