Tag Archives: Attorney General Jeff Sessions

13 Feb

Featured, Marijuana News

This Senator Is Blocking DOJ Nominees Until Jeff Sessions Backs Off

• March 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Although several sources claim Cory Gardner to be a threat to National Security in face of the ongoing turmoil between he and A...

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12 Feb

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Budget Deal Extends Medical Marijuana Protections, but Only Temporarily

• March 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

After a brief government shutdown—and another moment of angst for the nation’s legal cannabis industry—federal lawmakers struck a two-y...

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12 Feb

Featured, Marijuana News

Marijuana remains illegal on Lake Champlain despite Vermont legalization

• February 12, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Possessing small amounts of marijuana will become legal under Vermont law in less than five months, but those who imbibe might want to ...

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10 Feb

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Marijuana Can Save Lives

• February 10, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

This week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions paused a discussion of the opioid epidemic to, once again, go after marijuana. He suggested t...

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09 Feb

Featured, Marijuana News

The Hill: Sessions’ War on Marijuana a Handout for Illegal Operators

• February 9, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The 2013 Cole Memorandum, recently rescinded by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, ensured a hands-off approach from the federal governmen...

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08 Feb

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Military veterans defy Jeff Sessions, fight for medical marijuana to kick opioid addiction

• March 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Ryan Miller describes the year after his leg amputation as the best year of his life. He worked out. He traveled. He tanned. He was don...

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05 Feb

Featured, Marijuana News

Oregon is producing three times more marijuana than it can consume

• February 5, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Oregon is producing three times more marijuana than it can consume with “formidable” amounts now ending up on the black market, officia...

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02 Feb

Featured, Marijuana News

Marijuana stocks tumble after Sessions rolls back weed policy

• February 2, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Cannabis stocks plunged on Thursday when Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded an Obama-era policy that helped states legalize marij...

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01 Feb

Featured, Marijuana News

January was the biggest month yet for marijuana legalization, despite Trump’s new war on pot

• March 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Things looked rocky a few days into the month, when President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Jeff Sessio...

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31 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

4 Marijuana Stocks That Should Yield at Least 100,000 Kilograms of Cannabis Annually by 2019

• January 31, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Sure, cryptocurrencies have had investors seeing green over the past year, but arguably no tangible industry has been growing faster, a...

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