A Democratic congresswoman is demanding that the Justice Department explain its apparent “reversal” of federal marijuana enforcement guidelines that was recently revealed by a U.S. attorney who said his office, in response to the Trump administration action, will be “rigorously” prosecuting people over cannabis possession or use on federal lands.
Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday that said the revelation about the revised federal cannabis policy “raises significant concerns about transparency and the rationale underlying the Department’s enforcement priorities that will inevitably have a severe social and economic toll on communities throughout the country.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming said earlier this month that DOJ sent a memo to federal prosecutors in September, announcing the rescission of previously unpublicized Biden-era guidance that advised against going after people for simple possession on federal lands.
“We need sensible cannabis policy reform,” Titus told Marijuana Moment on Friday after sending the letter to Bondi. “It is ludicrous for the Trump Administration to enforce an outdated law and target simple marijuana possession, claiming it as a public safety hazard. As Co-Chair of the Cannabis Caucus, I
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