Tag Archives: Obama Administration

17 Aug

Featured, Marijuana News

The DEA Wants to Study the Effects of Marijuana, But the Department of Justice Won’t Let Them

• August 17, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is often the main tool used by the U.S. government in the War on Drugs. But according to a new report...

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08 Aug

Featured, Law and Politics

Why marijuana legalization isn’t safe under Trump

• August 8, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Attorney General Jeff Sessions talked a big game on marijuana, once saying that “good people don’t smoke marijuana” and indicating that...

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07 Aug

Featured, Marijuana News

Federal task force reportedly recommends more marijuana study, no crackdown

• August 7, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The task force Attorney General Jeff Sessions established to crack down on marijuana use has come up with no new policy recommendations...

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04 Aug

Featured, Marijuana News

Congress Is Heading for a Confrontation With Sessions Over Marijuana

• August 4, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Congress is heading for a confrontation with Attorney General Jeff Sessions over pot. Sessions is seeking to crack down on marijuana...

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22 Jul

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Ohio senator wants feds to lift prohibition on marijuana

• July 22, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The state senator who helped push through Ohio’s medical marijuana law wants to ask U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session...

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18 Jul

Featured, Medical Marijuana

States keep saying yes to marijuana use. Now comes the Federal no.

• July 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

In a national vote widely viewed as a victory for conservatives, last year’s elections also yielded a win for liberals in eight states ...

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17 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News, Medical Marijuana

Hurdles expected for Utah’s medical marijuana research law

• June 17, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Utah lawmakers balked again this year at joining more than half of all U.S. states and passing a broad medical marijuana law. Instea...

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17 May

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

On legalize recreational marijuana, key N.J. lawmaker introduces bill to make state more like Colorado

• May 17, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

A bill to legalize recreational marijuana in the Garden State was off and running Monday, but might be stalled not only by opponents of...

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20 Apr

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Marijuana advocates vow to smoke pot and get arrested monday on steps of U.S. Capitol

• April 20, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

WASHINGTON - Dozens of activists, including some military veterans, plan to light joints Monday on the steps of the U.S. Capitol - fede...

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19 Apr

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Marijuana businesses worry about Trump, but expect to prevail

• April 19, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Marijuana farm investor Serge Chistov is shrugging off anti-weed rhetoric from Attorney General Jeff Sessions as...

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