Pot-investing conservative I get that nobody really cares about my political leanings, but I figured I'd post about yesterday's Session's news since it might be a fresh perspective.
I think that Sessions is doing the right thing here - ultimately, even for *cannabis*.
The long and short of it is that by breaking down executive-enacted policies that spite/override congressional rule of law and prosecutorial discretion, Sessions is actually clearing the way for de-federalization of cannabis in a legal and congressional manner, rather than through fast-tracked presidential 'prosecutorial discretion' that plainly attempts to circumnavigate the intent of congress.
Granting individual states the authority to manage and control their own banned substances is entirely within a conservative mandate, and there is still no evidence that Trump would not be in favor of such policy. It was in fact a liberal mandate that decided not to persue this course of action in the first place and instead pretextually usurped congress through executive order.
This is Jeff Session returning congresional power back to congress and re-asserting that the law means something - even the laws we don't like.
There are more than a few prominant Republican congressmen who believe that MJ legalization is the responsibility of the state and that the federal government should be backing out of the picture completely at this juncture.
With the power of law restored, the people of America have the power to enact new legislation through their congressional representatives; reps can now DO something meaningful to amend law without fearing that it will be effectively anulled by a dictator's stroke of a pen.
If the people of the US really want their leadership to do something about MJ, they can contact their congressmen/congresswomen and get them to make removing MJ from the list of schedule 1 narcotics a priority (effectively delegating the decision to individual states).
Sessions may be anti-cannabis, but this was still the right thing to do. NOT because it is anti-cannabis, but because it strengthens the law - which will help cannabis when the time comes that meaningful congressional law is working in its favour.
People who care only about cannabis being fast-tracked to legalization aren't happy about this decision. People who care about the power of law and its ability to rule will see this as a necessary step back in order to move forward again properly. Count me among the latter.