As debate raged around health care and Russia-gate last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions quietly held a “national summit” of law enforcement representatives to discuss the future of policing.
Vice President Mike Pence predicted that the summit, which was largely held behind closed doors, would “impact this country for years to come.” Its purpose was to influence the recommendations — due out next week — of the Department of Justice Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, created in response to one of President Trump’s executive orders. Drugs featured prominently on the agenda.
This should come as no surprise. This spring Mr. Sessions instructed federal prosecutors to seek the highest possible sentences in drug cases, and the administration’s proposed budget increased spending on the Drug Enforcement Administration by $150 million while cutting funds for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration by $109 million. Mr. Sessions […]
I have talked to students and faculty from Harvard University who said that at least 33% or maybe as much as 50% of students who attend H.U. use Marijuana. Are they going to arrest them? I doubt it, because many of them come from families who are very influential and can use that influence to get their sons and daughters off. I’ve also heard that Yale has the same problem, as well as other large Universities in the northeast.