Marijuana movement energized with Sessions out as attorney general
He described marijuana as a real danger” and has said its consequences are slightly less awful” than those of heroin. Once, during a drug hearing when he was a senator, he said he wanted to send a message : individuals don’t smoke bud. ”
So when Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned proponents of marijuana — activists, politicians were pleased.
Passing has translated into stocks for cannabis businesses and a reset of sorts for the legalization movement, which since 2012 has succeeded in nearly a dozen countries.