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I bet a lot of money he’s only saying this to annoy Jeff Sessions. We already know that Sessions wants to be hard on marijuana, and Trump is very clearly mad at him.

Either way, does this matter? It should be clear by now the value of one of Trump’s statements. We have more than enough history to know that they’re often not a reliable indicator of anything.

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I think Jeff Sessions is a great political tool here. Have him start strictly enforcing the law, shutting down dispensaries all over the place. Then say you're just enforcing the law as your swore to, forcing the legislature to act.

In the article it’s mentioned that Trump has already maintained Obama’s policy on this issue by ordering the DoJ not to prosecute anyone in states where it is legal. It doesn’t seem unreasonable to me that he would support this measure as well.

That may be. He’s very consistent on some things (the wall, Muslim ban) and changes his mind wildly on others.

Given a single quote that I don’t know the history of, I just have to assume it’s not trustworthy.

I didn’t know he had a history of saying this. If he did you’re probably right.

Hell legalize it. Give them zero dollars to work with. Balloon the DEAs budget to new heights. Slow down research initiatives.

Am I the only one who's noticed a huge come back of herion since he's been elected?

Not sure where you’re located but where I’m from there’s been a growing heroin problem since the last recession. Crackdowns on prescription opioids (under Obama I believe) seem to have pushed even more people to heroin. No noticeable change in the last couple years honestly.

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