Tag Archives: Attorney General Jeff Sessions

11 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

Commentary: Jeff Sessions Is Just Wasting Time Cracking Down on Marijuana

• January 11, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Last week, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded previous Justice Department guidance, known as the “Cole Memo,” that instructe...

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11 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

To the Surprise of Nobody, Nevada Marijuana Sales Hit $126 Million In 4 Months

• January 11, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

In news that will surprise approximately zero percent of the nation, it turns out Nevada and legal recreational marijuana really do mak...

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11 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

OUR VIEW: Federalism solution for marijuana

• January 11, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Sessions’ decision is consistent with his longtime antipathy toward legalizing marijuana. But it is at odds with the stated views of hi...

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11 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

Sorry California, You Still Can’t Bring Marijuana to Coachella

• January 11, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

What a buzzkill. Recreational marijuana has been legal under California law since Jan. 1, but that doesn’t mean the newly-legit drug wi...

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10 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

US Attorney: No Immunity for Legal Marijuana Businesses

• January 10, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts offered no guarantees on Monday that he would take a hands-off approach to legalized pot, i...

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10 Jan

Featured, Medical Marijuana

VA Clears The Air On Doctors Talking To Veterans About Marijuana Use

• January 10, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

"Don't ask, don't tell" is how many veterans have approached health care conversations about marijuana use with the doctors they see fr...

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09 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

High or Dry? California legal pot to test supply pipeline

• January 9, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Most Californians with an urge to smoke a joint will enter the state's legal marijuana marketplace through a single doorway — a...

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09 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

More Americans want to legalize Marijuana than ever before

• January 9, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The percentage of adults in the U.S. who favor legalizing marijuana has doubled since 2000, to the highest level ever, accordin...

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09 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

It’s high time for Congress to end marijuana prohibition

• January 9, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

On Jan. 4, acting against the advice of his own Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions re...

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08 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

Uncertainty roils American marijuana industry over feared federal crackdown

• January 8, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

DENVER -- Marijuana stocks tanked, investors balked and cannabis users across the country shuddered as the Trump administration signale...

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