Tag Archives: Cole Memo

30 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

The California pot industry isn’t afraid of Jeff Sessions

• March 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

A week after Attorney General Jeff Sessions revoked what’s known as the “Cole Memo,” an Obama-era policy that gave legal cannabis in Am...

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25 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

Sessions’s Marijuana Memo reminds Colorado employers they are not out of the federal weeds

• March 31, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s January 4, 2018, Memorandum for All U.S. Attorneys explicitly rescinds all prior nationwide gu...

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19 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

Justice Department reverses course on marijuana enforcement: What it means for employers

• March 31, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently issued a guidance memorandum rescinding several Obama-era Justice Department memoranda ...

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19 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

A Royalty Marijuana Stock Might Be the Smartest Way to Get In on the Green Rush

• January 19, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The marijuana industry is growing at an exceptional pace, and investors have had no choice but to take notice. Investment firm Cowen &a...

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16 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

New Bill in Congress would ban Federal Cannabis enforcement in legal states

• January 16, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has had cannabis in his crosshairs since even before he took office, but his first formal sho...

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16 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

Legal Marijuana Industry Left with Uncertainty

• January 16, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former Alabama Senator, stated last year that legalized marijuana was “slightly less awful” than opioid...

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13 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

Jeff Sessions’ War on Marijuana Is a Bit of a Yawner and Could Backfire On Him

• January 13, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions finally stopped making threats about legalized marijuana and actually took some action this month. ...

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13 Jan

Featured, Medical Marijuana

MEDICAL MARIJUANA, INC. RESPONSE TO RESCISSION OF COLE MEMO

• January 13, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

On Thursday, January 4, 2018, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions  rescinded what was known as the “Cole Memo”, an Obama-era policy instr...

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11 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

Local officials, marijuana group react to Sessions’ move on legal marijuana

• January 11, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

After about a year of wondering “will he or won’t he?” it appears he will. On the morning of Jan. 4, the Associated Press broke the ...

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09 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

Jeff Sessions’ marijuana move will backfire

• January 9, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Jeff Sessions announced Thursday that he is rescinding the Cole memo, which reflected the Department of Justice's relatively pa...

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