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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Attorney General Cautiously Supports Letting States Legalize Marijuana 🌿Attorney General Cautiously Supports Letting States Legalize Marijuana
The nation’s top cop thinks states should be allowed to legalize marijuana, but believes the federal government has a role to play in keeping cannabis away from kids and stopping interstate trafficking in the drug.
“I think states have to make those decisions on their own. They listen to their citizens and they take actions,” said Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd on Thursday. “What we have said and what we continue to say is that states have to also have a system designed to, number one, mitigate violence associated with their marijuana industries. And number two, and perhaps most importantly, keep young people, children away from the products.”
The attorney general pointed to reports of kids accidentally ingesting marijuana edibles as a top federal concern. “We’re seeing a number of situations where children gain access to products that look like candy or cookies or cakes. The purity is different and they’re...
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