U.S. Attorney Promises to Enforce U.S. Drug Laws if California Prop. 19 Passes

Los Angeles Times:  “Stepping up the Obama administration’s opposition to Proposition 19, the nation’s top law enforcement official [U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder] promised to ‘vigorously enforce’ federal drug laws against Californians who grow or sell marijuana for recreational use even if voters pass the legalization measure. . . . Holder wrote [in a letter to the Drug Enforcement Agency], ‘Let me state clearly that the Department of Justice strongly opposes Proposition 19. If passed, this legislation will greatly complicate federal drug enforcement efforts to the detriment of our citizens’.”

See another story in the Wall St. Journal called “U.S. Casts Vote Against Pot.”