Jeff Sessions Rescinds 2013 Cole Memo

On Jan. 4, 2018, Attorney General Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo, an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement. The previous policy, which was laid out in a 2013 memo from James Cole, the deputy attorney general at the time, said federal prosecutions would focus on cases of peddling pot to minors, selling marijuana across state borders or growing pot on federal land, or when it involved gangs or organized crime. Reportedly, Sessions made the change to avoid creating a safe harbor for the pot industry to do business.

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