Attorney General Jeff Sessions admits pot crackdown would have challenges

Published March 9, 2017 10:45pm ET



Attorney General Jeff Sessions said his department will “enforce law in an appropriate way nationwide” when it comes to marijuana, but his statement also came with caveats.

Speaking on the Hugh Hewitt Show on Thursday, Sessions went on to say, “It’s not possible for the federal government, of course, to take over everything the local police used to do in a state that’s legalized it.”

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