Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Colorado Rep. Jared Polis are leading a bipartisan push urging President Donald Trump to reinstate an Obama-era policy discouraging federal prosecutors from targeting individuals involved in the marijuana trade in states that have legalized the drug.
The long-dreaded fear of a federal crackdown on marijuana sales in states that legalized the drug is alive and well.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is criticizing a Trump administration decision to rescind an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in numerous states.
The Latest on Washington state reaction to the rescinding by the Trump administration of policy by president Barack Obama's Justice Department generally barred federal law enforcement officials from interfering with marijuana sales in states where the drug is legal (all times local):
