It was the clearest warning yet that the Trump administration may move to disrupt the marijuana trade in the eight states, including California, that have legalized the recreational use of pot. Spicer said recreational marijuana was a scourge, likening its widespread use to the opioid addiction epidemic — an incendiary charge that many medical experts would dispute. “Trump was never all that reassuring on the issue of marijuana legalization.”How far the administration would go in provoking states that have legalized pot is unclear. We will do our job.” Alaska, a deeply Republican state, is among those that have recently legalized recreational use. President Trump nominated federal Judge Neil M. Gorsuch on Tuesday to fill the Supreme Court seat of the late Antonin Scalia.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 24, 2017 00:25 UTC