Sentences with phrase «enforce federal drug laws»

Federal prosecutors will regain the power to decide how aggressively to enforce federal drug laws.

Instead Sessions will allow federal prosecutors in areas where the substance is legal to decide how aggressively to enforce federal drug laws, two sources with knowledge of the matter told the AP ahead of a formal announcement expected Thursday.

This move by Sessions gave federal prosecutors wider discretion in enforcing federal drug law, but was ultimately aimed at slowing investment in the pot industry, which is exactly what is happening.

Not exact matches

Sessions» marijuana policy will direct federal prosecutors to enforce federal laws against the drug, even in states where voters and lawmakers have legalized recreational or medical use.

Instead, Sessions said it would be up to federal prosecutors in states where the drug is legal to decide how aggressively to enforce the law.

Also on Thursday, Quinnipiac University released a new poll showing that 71 % of American voters — including 55 % of Republican voters — say they oppose the government enforcing federal laws banning marijuana in states that have already legalized the drug for either medical or recreational purposes.

And because individual states could still prohibit marijuana locally, Booker's bill would also incentivize states to change their marijuana laws by withholding federal funding from any states that have enforced laws against the drug in ways that disproportionately affect low - income citizens and people of color.

In essence, Holder and others at the Justice Department said they would not enforce federal drug regulation laws when it comes to marijuana - related transactions in states that authorize and closely regulate cannabis sales.

The federal government could, however, decide to resume enforcing these laws any time it wanted to and the states would have little - to - no recourse to stop it from doing so, other than attempting to argue in court that federal drug laws aren't authorized under the Constitution in the first place.

On a federal level, pet food labels are primarily regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which enforces federal laws pertaining to pet food labels.

While the severity of these charges depend on the classification of the drugs involved, state and federal narcotics laws are vigorously enforced in Arizona.

The impetus for Price's series and his underlying article («Enforcement Discretion and Executive Duty «-RRB- comes from several recent American episodes, such as President Obama's decision not to enforce certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act (see e.g. here), the policy not to pursue certain breaches of federal drug laws and the policy not to seek minimum sentences for some drug offences.