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California AG Vows to Fight Feds on Cannabis

In an interview with Politico, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said he would “probably be the 1 millionth person in line” to fight Attorney General Jeff Sessions if he tried to crackdown on California’s legal cannabis industry.

“Cannabis is last century’s argument. We’re beyond that,” Becerra said in the interview. “I suspect if you took a real quick poll here, I bet if we took a poll, who has got cannabis, it’d be pretty — you don’t have to raise your hand, but you know what I’m saying.”

When asked by reporter David Siders about his own cannabis use, the former Democratic Congressman admitted that he had tried it “at a younger time.”

“So then it was illegal?” Siders asked the Attorney General.

“I also drive over the speed limit periodically, so,” Becerra responded.

Becerra has vowed to defend the state’s voter-approved measure allowing an adult-use cannabis market to operate in the state. The federal budget does include an amendment that prevents the Department of Justice from using federal funds to interfere with state-legal medical cannabis regimes and hemp programs but it does not include language preventing a crackdown on recreational programs. However, also included in the omnibus spending bill is a statement by President Donald Trump that could allow him to ignore the amendment.

“I would love to see Jeff Sessions come to California and tell us we’re not going to move forward on cannabis,” Becerra said. “Something tells me that it’s not gonna happen.”

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