Sessions’ hard line on drug enforcement will backfire

In a memorandum providing new federal enforcement guidelines for anti-drug laws, Attorney General Jeff Sessions imprudently required government prosecutors to take a freshly hard-line approach.
Although respect for the rule of law is essential, and a firm federal hand on nationwide criminal justice matters is important, the memo cuts too hard against the grain of federalism and runs counter to hard policy lessons learned over the long course of America’s war on drugs.
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