In a letter to Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske regarding the feds' response to legal pot in Colorado and Washington, Senate Judiciary Chair Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) says that "one option would be to amend the Federal Controlled Substances Act to allow possession of up to one ounce of marijuana, at least in jurisdictions where it is legal under state law."

Leahy offered up modifying the CSA after asking for "assurances" that the feds won't crack down on either users or state governments.

Leahy's letter to Kerlikowske, which he published today on his website, marks the Senate's first response to the passage of marijuna ballot measures in Colorado and Washington.

The full text of Leahy's letter is below:

          December 5, 2012
The Honorable R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Executive Office of the President
Washington, DC 20503
Dear Director Kerlikowske:
Last month, voters in Colorado and Washington chose to legalize personal use of up to one ounce of marijuana and to enact licensing schemes for cultivation and distribution of the drug. As the states move to implement these new laws, marijuana remains a Schedule I controlled substance according to the Federal Government. Production, distribution, and possession of the drug are Federal criminal offenses punishable by imprisonment.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has a significant interest in the effect of these developments on Federal drug control policy. How does the Office of National Drug Control Policy intend to prioritize Federal resources, and what recommendations are you making to the Department of Justice and other agencies in light of the choice by citizens of Colorado and Washington to legalize personal use of small amounts of marijuana? What assurance can and will the administration give to state officials involved in the licensing of marijuana retailers that they will not face Federal criminal penalties for carrying out duties assigned to them under state law?
Legislative options exist to resolve the differences between Federal and state law in this area and end the uncertainty that residents of Colorado and Washington now face. One option would be to amend the Federal Controlled Substances Act to allow possession of up to one ounce of marijuana, at least in jurisdictions where it is legal under state law. In order to give these options full consideration, the Committee needs to understand how the administration intends to respond to the decision of the voters in Colorado and Washington. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter.

Sincerely,                
PATRICK LEAHY                                    
Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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[SIDEBAR:  ARE LIZARDS REALLY SUMARIANS AND VICE VERSA?

>>  Even the bizarre ritual of circumcision may have a reptilian connection. “Just as the serpent achieves long life through sacrificing and leaving off part of himself, so man may also be saved by ritually sacrificing part of himself,” continues Boulay.  >>  “The rite of circumcision also served as a perpetual reminder to man that his true origins lay in the serpent-god creator and that he existed at the forbearance of these gods.” http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/new-reptilian-world-order

THE TAO ALSO TEACHES, IN 'WRITING THAT CAN'T BE DECIPHERED IN SOME OF THE SCRIPTS', THAT THE ALIEN HIGHER 'THINKING' BEINGS WERE COMING TO EARTH TO PLAY WITH THE BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEINGS.  SOON SOME HUMANS DISPLAYED BEHAVIOR OF CRUEL AND DOWNRIGHT VIOLENT.  SADLY THE HIGHER BEINGS HAD TO LEAVE AND SO, THERE WERE SOME THAT CHOSE TO 'MATE' AND KEEP THE HIGHER THINKING BEINGS 'PROCREATING' AS THE LESSER AND MORE LIZARD HYPOTHALAMUS BRAINED ACTED MORE LIKE REPTILES THAN 'HUMANS' AND HUMAN THAT HAD MATED WITH THE HIGHER EVOLVED 'SPIRIT' FROM OTHER GALAXIES.  WE ARE IN A TIME, THE TEACHINGS TELL, WHERE THE 'PARENTS' OF THOSE THAT SUFFER IN EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE OF VILE EVIL, ARE GOING TO HAVE TO 'INTERFERE' AND THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE OTHER THAN SHOULD THE LIZARD REPTILIAN BRAINED ACTING INHUMAN REACHED A MASS OF CRITICAL 'HATE'].

*METZITZAH B'PEH HAS CAUSED A GLOBAL EPIDEMIC OF 'HATE'*