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Criminal

Oct. 27, 2010

AG Asked to Back Off on Pot Plan

The ACLU asks U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to back off on plans to enforce federal marijuana laws in California if Proposition 19 passes.

By Brandon Ortiz
Staff Writer

Calling the war on drugs "a war on minorities," the American Civil Liberties Union has asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to back off on plans to vigorously enforce federal marijuana laws in California should Proposition 19 pass. In a letter to Holder and Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the national ACLU and its three California affiliates said that the federal government would have no legal basi...

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