Maine Governor Says Jeff Sessions Led Him to Veto Recreational Marijuana

Earlier this month, Maine Governor Paul LePage vetoed a bill that would implement recreational marijuana in the state starting in 2018. And it turns out it wasn't just his own beliefs that led to that decision, but also those of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

LePage recently wrote a letter to explain why he vetoed the recreational marijuana bill passed by the Maine legislature. In the letter, LePage said he "sought guidance" from Sessions about "how the federal government intends to treat the legalization of marijuana by states across the nation." The governor did not divulge what the Attorney General told him, but whatever he said was enough for him to believe signing the bill was the wrong idea.



While it seems unlikely that LePage will ever sign a recreational marijuana bill into law, he can't stop the movement forever. Next fall Maine will elect a new governor to take over in January 2019, and that person will almost certainly be more open to implementing the law than LePage. 

And let's hope this is the last governor to ask Sessions for anything resembling advice.

(h/t Entrepreneur)



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