DRUGS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has promised to support legislation protecting the marijuana industry in states that have legalized the drug, a move that could lift a threat to the industry made by the U.S. attorney general just three months ago. Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado said Friday [4-13-18] that Trump made the pledge to him in a Wednesday [4-11-18] night conversation. Gardner has been pushing to reverse a decision made by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in January that removed prohibitions that kept federal prosecutors from pursuing cases against people who were following pot laws in states such as Colorado that have legalized the drug.”
–Nicholas Riccardo, “Trump vows to back law to protect marijuana industry,” The Associated Press, April 13, 2018 1:50 pm