Articles tagged with "law enforcement"
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Congress Pushes Back Against Jeff Sessions’ Drug War 2.0
Gage Peake - Published on May 15, 2017read moreIf Jeff Sessions was expecting applause for his bid to revive the war on drugs last Friday, he’s not hearing much of it from Congress.
Want to Solve America’s Public Defender Crisis? Stop Arresting People for Cannabis
Brian Saady - Published on May 4, 2017read moreArrests for cannabis possession outnumber all violent crime arrests combined. It’s contributing to a constitutional crisis.
Sessions Task Force Will Review DOJ Cannabis Enforcement
Gage Peake - Published on April 6, 2017read moreAttorney General Jeff Sessions sent out a memo on Wednesday to U.S. Attorneys announcing the formation of a new task crime reduction task force.
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Cities Swap SWAT-Style Dispensary Raids for Softer Approach
Chase Scheinbaum - Published on March 30, 2017read moreIncreasingly, authorities who turn up at cannabis raids are more likely to be armed with clipboards than submachine guns. What changed?
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Sessions Calls Cole Memo ‘Valid,’ Says Fed Resources Are Limited
Ben Adlin - Published on March 16, 2017read moreJeff Sessions might hate cannabis, but he sure seems to like talking about it.
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Feds Still Jail More People for Cannabis Than Heroin
Gage Peake - Published on March 14, 2017read moreBut there’s a silver lining: The number of people sentenced for federal cannabis-related crimes has dropped for the fifth year in a row.
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Trump FDA, US Attorney Moves Could Shift Cannabis Landscape
Ben Adlin - Published on March 10, 2017read morePresident Donald Trump sent rumbles through the cannabis world with a pair of moves made late Friday.
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If Sessions Resigns, Who’s Next in Line?
Bruce Barcott - Published on March 2, 2017read moreThe Attorney General may have saved himself with that press conference. But if he doesn’t survive, here’s who might replace him.
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AG Sessions: ‘More Violence Around Marijuana Than One Would Think’
The Associated Press - Published on February 27, 2017read moreSessions stopped short of saying what he would do, but said he doesn’t think America will be a better place with “more people smoking pot.”
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White House Plans ‘Greater Enforcement’ Against Legal Cannabis
Ben Adlin - Published on February 23, 2017read morePress Secretary Sean Spicer suggested Thursday that the Trump administration will crack down in adult-use states.
