Salon.com > Patrick J. Leahy http://www.salon.com Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:00:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Dem senator demands answers on White House pot policy http://www.salon.com/2012/12/13/dem_senator_demands_answers_on_white_house_pot_policy/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/13/dem_senator_demands_answers_on_white_house_pot_policy/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:50:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13123966 Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., demanded answers from the federal government about how it will handle drug enforcement in Washington and Colorado, now that both states have legalized marijuana.

In a letter to Gil Kerlikowske, the administration's director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Leahy wrote:

The Senate Judiciary Committee has a significant interest in the effect of these developments on Federal drug control policy. How does the Office of National Drug Control Policy intend to prioritize Federal resources, and what recommendations are you making to the Department of Justice and other agencies in light of the choice by citizens of Colorado and Washington to legalize personal use of small amounts of marijuana? What assurance can and will the administration give to state officials involved in the licensing of marijuana retailers that they will not face Federal criminal penalties for carrying out duties assigned to them under state law?

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