Articles tagged with "Jeff Sessions"
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Oregon Governor and Police Superintendent Slam Sessions’ Memo
Gage Peake - Published on August 23, 2017read moreTop Oregon officials this week lashed out at US Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recent attack on the state’s legal cannabis system.
Governors of 2 Cannabis States Push Back on Trump Administration
The Associated Press - Published on August 16, 2017read moreGovernors in at least two states that have legalized recreational marijuana are pushing back against the Trump administration and defending their efforts to regulate the industry.
Cannabis States Try to Curb Smuggling, Fend off Administration
The Associated Press - Published on August 14, 2017read moreLegal cannabis states are trying to clamp down on “diversion” even as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions presses for enforcement of federal laws against marijuana.
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Judge Halts Feds’ Cannabis Case, Citing Rohrabacher-Blumenauer
Ben Adlin - Published on August 11, 2017read moreStill need a reason to care about that obscure federal spending provision known as the Rohrabacher–Blumenauer amendment? Here’s one.
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State Leaders Respond to Sessions’ Criticism of Legal Cannabis
Gage Peake - Published on August 7, 2017read moreAttorney General Jeff Sessions fired a warning shot at state-legal cannabis last week in separate letters sent to Oregon, Colorado, and Washington leaders.
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Task Force Report Gives Sessions Scant Ammunition for Crackdown
The Associated Press - Published on August 4, 2017read moreThe tepid nature of the recommendations by the Sessions-assembled task force signals just how difficult it would be to change course on cannabis.
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Sessions Attacks Washington’s Cannabis Laws in Letter to Governor
Gage Peake - Published on August 4, 2017read moreAttorney General Jeff Sessions this week sent a letter to Washington state officials slamming that state’s legal cannabis system.
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The Haymaker: Why Is Jeff Sessions Hiding His Task Force?
Bruce Barcott - Published on August 2, 2017read moreThe attorney general is acting on a mysterious task force’s secret recommendations. But where’s the evidence? Where’s the report?
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In Rebuke to Sessions, Senate Committee OKs Medical Marijuana Protections
Bruce Barcott - Published on July 27, 2017read moreThe Attorney General asked Congress to reject the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment. Senators said: Nope.
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Lawsuit Takes Big Swing at Prohibition. Can It Connect?
Ben Adlin - Published on July 25, 2017read moreAt its core is the assertion that the government’s classification of cannabis as a Schedule I substance is so “irrational” as to be unconstitutional.
