Tag Archives: Tom Angell

13 Mar

Featured, Marijuana News

Legislation to fix cannabis industry banking issues introduced in U.S. senate

• March 13, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

A bipartisan group of high-profile senators has already signed on in support of the marijuana banking amendment, which could see a vote...

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15 Feb

Featured, Marijuana News

Fatal car accidents increase on 4/20, a counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana

• February 15, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

This stoner holiday may be a good time to stay off the roads. April 20 has been deemed a counterculture celebration of marijuana, du...

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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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28 Dec

Featured, Medical Marijuana

The Ten Biggest Marijuana Stories of 2017

• December 28, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Marijuana gained a very vocal opponent in January in Jeff Sessions, the country's new attorney general. Though Sessions has yet to make...

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04 Nov

Featured, Marijuana News

California marijuana businesses get their first commercial insurer

• November 4, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

California’s licensed marijuana business owners are now able to purchase commercial insurance for the first time, the state insurance...

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11 Oct

Featured, Marijuana News

Eric Holder: Jeff Sessions has an ‘almost obsession’ with marijuana

• October 11, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that current Attorney General Jeff Sessions has an "almost obsession with marijuana," ...

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29 Jul

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Senators Defy Jeff Sessions And Vote To Extend Medical Marijuana Protections

• July 29, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

A congressional committee voted Thursday to extend protections of state medical marijuana programs against federal interference, in def...

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29 Jul

Featured, Marijuana News

How Jeff Sessions Could Crack Down on Legal Marijuana (And Why He Might Not)

• July 29, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is an outspoken critic of recreational marijuana, and he has the power to hobble cannabis sales in state...

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25 Jul

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Sessions, Congress, and State Medical Marijuana Policy

• July 25, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

In preparation for the administration’s upcoming war on weed, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to publicly disseminate a pote...

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24 Jun

Featured, Law and Politics

Americans don’t like the media, but they’re cool with reporters getting high

• June 24, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

In April of 2016 the Denver Post was seeking a reporter for the marijuana beat — someone who could report on the business of pot, dig u...

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