I do think you’ll see greater enforcement… I believe they are going to enforce the laws on the books with regards to marijuana.”Įarlier in the day, Quinnipiac University revealed the results from national polling that found 93 percent of voters - including 96 percent of Democrats and 85 percent of Republicans - support “allowing adults to legally use marijuana for medical purposes,” the highest total ever reported in a national poll. Spicer’s response to that question (and a followup by another reporter) was chilling: The next reporter Spicer called on immediately followed up on the biggest statement yet to be made by the administration regarding cannabis, asking if the feds would be taking action in those adult use-legal states. Sean Spicer says Trump administration sees a big difference between medical marijuana (cool) and recreational marijuana (not cool) /NYuF5F8o7Z “There is still a federal law that we need to abide by in terms of the medical use, and when it comes to recreational, and other drugs There’s a big difference between medical in accordance with appropriations rider vs. “There is a big difference between that and recreational marijuana, and I think when you see something like the opioid addiction crisis blossoming in so many states around this country, the last thing we should be doing is encouraging people,” Spicer said.
Spicer then went into a quick breakdown of how the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, which he referred to as an appropriations rider during the conference, prevents the DOJ from enforcing federal marijuana laws against those compliant with state policies. “There are two distinct issues here, medical marijuana and recreational marijuana… I think medical marijuana, I’ve said before the President understands the pain and suffering that many people go through who are facing especially terminal diseases and the comfort that some of these drugs including medical marijuana can bring to them.” “My question to you is, with Jeff Sessions as AG, what is going to be the Trump administrations stance on this?” The Obama Administration chose not to strictly enforce those laws,” the reporter said. “Our state voters passed a medical law in November, now we’re in conflict with federal law. Sessions was hit with this question from a Tennessee media outlet attending the press conference via satellite. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told a packed house at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave today that he expects to see increased enforcement of federal marijuana law in places that now have recreational cannabis on the books.
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