Jeff Sessions' reefer madness

Donald Trump's pick for attorney general is not a fan of pot. Not at all.

Sessions is here to kill your buzz.
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These are high times for pot in America.

Last month, California, Massachusetts, Maine, and Nevada voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, bringing the total number of states where recreational pot use is legal to eight. And medical marijuana use is either legal or about to be implemented in 28 states and the District of Columbia. The legal marijuana industry is expected to do about $7 billion in sales in 2016, and to grow almost exponentially as more states pursue recreational and medical legalization. Meanwhile, popular support for legalized pot is higher than it's ever been in Gallup's 47-year history of asking Americans about weed, with three in five supporting legalization.

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Megan Carpentier

Megan Carpentier is a writer and editor who has worked for The Guardian and Talking Points Memo, among others. Her work has also been published by Rolling Stone, Esquire, The New Republic, The Baffler, Foreign Policy, Ms. magazine, Glamour, and The Washington Post.