U.S. Attorney for Colorado: No changes on marijuana enforcement

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Associated Press, via KDVR

U.S. Attorney for Colorado: No changes on marijuana enforcement

POSTED 11:51 AM, JANUARY 4, 2018, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, UPDATED AT 01:40PM, JANUARY 4, 2018

DENVER — Colorado’s top federal prosecutor said his office won’t alter its approach to enforcing marijuana crimes after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions withdrew a policy Thursday that allowed pot markets to emerge in states that legalized the drug.

The statement by U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer came amid bipartisan outrage over Sessions’ decision to end the so-called Cole memorandum, which sharply limited what charges prosecutors could pursue in legal pot states. He will allow federal prosecutors to decide how aggressively to enforce longstanding federal law banning pot.

Troyer said his office will continue to focus on “identifying and prosecuting those who create the greatest safety threats to our communities around the state.” That approach is consistent with Sessions’ guidance, he said.
....

TRADEMARK AND COPYRIGHT 2018 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Read more: http://kdvr.com/2018/01/04/u-s-attorney-for-colorado-status-quo-on-marijuana-prosecutions/

---

Retweeted by FaintGlimmerofHopehat: https://twitter.com/Popehat

U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado Bob Troyer was appointed by Jeff Sessions in November.

Link to tweet

BREAKING: US attorney in Colorado says no change to marijuana enforcement despite Attorney General Jeff Sessions' shift on pot policy.

Link to tweet

[BigmanPigman]

1. Sessions appointed him as US Attorney himself!

[diverdownjt]

2. Which is why he can not be trusted....

It's a sucker punch move....He'll say I'm not doing it all the way up to the time he moves in
with 500 federal officers and start cutting everything down. I really hope I'm wrong...just
keep an eye on the airports...when you see 50-100 black suv's roll out...it's going down.