Sessions Supports the Sensimilla

It was a roller coaster of PR stories for the cannabis industry last week.  First it was the PR nightmare with the High Times Cannabis Cup in San Bernardino, then Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced his plans to decriminalize cannabis on a federal level.  Whatever the case may be, the cannabis industry has been generating lots of buzz around the United States.  More and more people are supporting cannabis legalization every week.

Even the most conservative politicians are starting to see the brighter side of legalizing cannabis.  They may just be getting into the 4/20 party now, but its better later than never.  One major PR miracle happened when we got support from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the same politician who claimed that ‘good people don’t smoke marijuana’, announced that he may be accepting the need to advance cannabis research.  He mentioned that it was “perfectly appropriate to study” and even admitting that “there may well be some benefits from medical marijuana”.  Only problem is that his positive statements were only dampened by his rejection of current research on cannabis, misleading claims about U.S. treaty obligations, and even having a major disbelief that cannabis could provide any medical purposes.

Jeff Sessions may not be convinced yet, BUT the fact that he was open to the idea of researching medical cannabis is a big deal.  Ever since Sessions was appointed as U.S. Attorney General, he has been a key opponent of cannabis.  Part of his agenda included shutting down the cannabis industry for legal states like California and Colorado.

This latest statement from Jeff Sessions only proves that cannabis prohibition is slowly coming to an end.  After more than a year of going after the legal states, Sessions now wants to conduct scientific research on cannabis.  Some of his findings will seem obvious to the American people, but at least he will see that the proof is in the pudding.

In the end, our country’s politicians are very out of touch with the American people.  A majority of Americans believe that cannabis should be legal, yet many politicians work to keep it from happening.  There is much work to be done on the political side; on a good note, cannabis remains legal for 1/10 of America.  Now we just need to continue to provide more information on how beneficial cannabis is for our country.  WE the people voted to legalize cannabis and now WE must show how it benefits us as a nation.

And to comment on Jeff Sessions’ latest statement…good people DO smoke marijuana!  If cannabis consumers completed this much work just to legalize it for their state, then they are doing something TRULY amazing for this country.

 

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