In January, the Colorado Republican said he would block all DOJ nominations after Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo that heightened the prospect of a federal marijuana crackdown in states that had legalized the substance. Gardnerās home state made recreational marijuana legal in 2014.
In a phone call late Wednesday, Trump told Gardner that despite the DOJ memo, the marijuana industry in Colorado will not be targeted, the senator said in a statement Friday. Satisfied, the first-term senator is now backing down from his nominee blockade.
āSince the campaign, President Trump has consistently supported statesā rights to decide for themselves how best to approach marijuana,ā Gardner said Friday. āLate Wednesday, I received a commitment from the President that the Department of Justiceās rescission of the Cole memo will not impact Coloradoās legal marijuana industry.āĀ [Read more @ The Washington Post]