Editorial: Honor Nevadans’ choice on marijuana
Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the March 1, 2017, Las Vegas Sun.
Nevadans spoke loud and clear about legalizing the adult use of recreational marijuana, approving a November ballot measure on the issue by nearly 100,000 votes.
Now, the state’s leaders must take every reasonable action to carry out the results of the vote, including opposing any effort by federal officials to inhibit the will of Nevada and other states to loosen laws on pot.
In the aftermath of last week’s announcement by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer that the feds would be stepping up enforcement of federal laws banning the sale and use of recreational marijuana, there’s been a great deal of uncertainty about how Nevada would be affected.