Tag: Eric Holder
Weed is fully, recreationally legal in two states now, and the U.S. government’s highest law enforcement official doesn’t totally hate it. “I think, so far, I’m cautiously optimistic,” Attorney General Eric Holder told HuffPo recently of legalization in Washington and Colorado. “But as I indicated to both governors, we will be monitoring the progress of those […]
If there’s one thing that Americans from all walks of life can agree with, it’s our national love affair with opiates. From fancy oxycontin pills to grimy packets of heroin, the U.S. is consuming opioid-based narcotics at an alarming rate. Things have gotten so bad, that Attorney General Eric Holder is urging first responders to […]
Big news in Colorado and Washington: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the governors of the two states that the federal Department of Justice would not interfere with their recent legalization of recreational cannabis. Though the citizens of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize last year, that hasn’t stopped federal authorities from raiding dispensaries in […]