Attorney General Eric Holder and Deputy AG James Cole Invited to Testify
Statement from Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director Ethan Nadelmann
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced Monday that he will address discrepancies between federal and state marijuana laws in an upcoming hearing on September 10. Leahy has invited Attorney General Eric Holder and Deputy Attorney General James Cole to testify. Twenty states now allow medical marijuana, and Colorado and Washington recently became the first two states to approve the legal regulation of marijuana for non-medicinal purposes.
August 26, 2013
Drug Policy Alliance