Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) questioned Garland during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on what measures their department should take to prevent multinational corporations from illegally growing cannabis and pirating natural resources.
Garland replied that they’re “not precisely familiar with the specifics” of the situation, but that going after cannabis grow facilities that break state statute is “certainly within our jurisdiction and scope of concern.” Although the department will prosecute large-scale illegal smugglers, Garland said that individuals who use cannabis in states where it is legal is not an advantageous pursuit.
“The department’s view on marijuana use is that enforcement against use is not a good use of our resources,” Garland said. “And I understand that’s not what you’re talking about. You’re talking about growing and manufacturing at a large scale.”
“Criminalizing the use of marijuana has contributed to mass incarceration and racial disparities in our criminal justice system,” Garland said in written testimony in March, “and has made it difficult for millions of Americans to find employment due to criminal records for nonviolent offenses.”
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