Indeed. To be fair, I don't disagree with Krushing's point that it isn't Sessions's job to rewrite the federal drug laws. But I think the previous administration's position operated within a reasonable zone of prosecutorial discretion. Sessions certainly has the prerogative to revisit that view. But he clearly has an animus against marijuana that is informed by a mid-1950's mentality.
If he were to simply say, we believe the previous administration's view was more liberal in its prosecutorial discretion than we are going to be, then fine. But his "reefer madness" speeches are just from another time. If he's going to be tough on drugs, go after the ones that matter. And for God's sake, do something about pharma and the opioid epidemic . . . of course, he's not going to because his own prosecutorial discretion tends to favor business lobbies that are cozy with law enforcement.