May 09, 2017 12:34 PM UTC

Trump Reserves The Right To Take Your Medical Weed, Too

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• by: Colorado Pols

Take note stoners, as the AP reports via the Cannabist:

President Donald Trump signed his first piece of major legislation on Friday, a $1 trillion spending bill to keep the government operating through September…

Trump signed the bill despite his objections to numerous provisions included in the measure. One such provision prohibits the Justice Department from using any funds to block implementation of medical marijuana laws by states and U.S. territories. In a signing statement that accompanied the bill and that laid out his objections, Trump said he reserved the right to ignore the provision. He held out the possibility that the administration could pursue legal action against states and territories that legalize marijuana for medical use. [Pols emphasis]

Marijuana remains illegal for any purpose under federal law. The White House previously signaled a looming crackdown on recreational pot use.

“I will treat this provision consistently with my constitutional responsibility to take care that the laws be faithfully executed,” Trump said in the signing statement, a tool that previous presidents have used to explain their positions on appropriations bills.

Reserving the right to take a given action is not the same thing as doing it, of course, but it should be noted that President Donald Trump has reserved the right to crack down even on medical marijuana, not just legalized recreational marijuana. While medical marijuana likely has more supporters among non-consumers as a general health and compassion measure, recreational marijuana is where the money is–and a threat to recreational marijuana is a much greater threat to Colorado’s economy.

Well, it appears Trump isn’t even entertaining a question about recreational marijuana anymore–and is staking out the ground necessary to go after medical marijuana too. All of which is consistent with what Attorney General Jeff Sessions has said on the matter, though apparently nobody wants to believe it.

Our advice would be to smoke up while you can. Also, is marijuana hoardable?