Creeps like Jeff Sessions want to keep the drug war going because it's a great way to lock up minority offenders and then deny them the right to vote. The drug war is a cultural war. Then again I am slightly worried about all the stoned dudes with guns .. but now that I think about it, maybe they'll chill a bit more. : ) Another issue is restitution, which will never happen .. but if they are decriminalizing now, what was it all for? Hundreds of thousands of people paid fines for petty offenses, non-violent crimes related to possession .. they should have their money back and people who were jailed over drug charges should have their records cleared at the very least .. while we're at it, the Voting Rights Act needs to be resuscitated and given teeth .. stop denying prisoners the right to vote, especially these primitive states who deny former prisoners the right to vote. It's pure racist politics.