“But in recent years, [Jeff Sessions has] repeatedly said he views cannabis to be a dangerous substance and has decried efforts to legalize it. During confirmation hearings for the current attorney general, Loretta Lynch, Sessions grilled her about pot legalization and seemed reassured to hear that she wasn’t in favor of it. The Alabama senator also took part in a forum in which he expressed anger and frustration at the decision of the Obama administration not to enforce federal bans on marijuana in Colorado and other places that had legalized it. During the gathering, he was quoted as saying, ‘Good people don’t smoke marijuana.'”
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