Search results for "jeff sessions"
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Politics
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Forced to Resign
November 7, 2018Sessions is being replaced by his Chief of Staff Matthew Whitaker who will serve as acting...
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Politics
Jeff Sessions Resigns & the Cannabis Industry Celebrates With Caution
November 7, 2018At Trump’s request, the famously anti-cannabis attorney general Jeff Sessions resigned today.
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Medical
Jeff Sessions & Congress Are Both Preventing Federal Marijuana Research
September 11, 2018Jeff Sessions has continued to wage his war against marijuana by blocking all potential marijuana research,...
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Politics
Will Jeff Sessions’s Religious Liberty Task Force Protect Sacramental Cannabis Use?
August 8, 2018Jeff Sessions's newly announced Religious Liberty Task Force has progressives fearing the worst. However, it might...
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Joint Opinions
Stop Blaming Jeff Sessions for America’s Anti-Pot Drug Policy
March 8, 2018The U.S. Congress is the real powerhouse refusing to stop federal prohibition. The Attorney General is...
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Politics
Oral Arguments Heard in Lawsuit Against Jeff Sessions’s Pot Prohibition
February 14, 2018A federal case seeks to deschedule cannabis, but government lawyers are confident that the court will rule once...
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Economics
Jeff Sessions Targets Marijuana Banking, Reignites Fears
January 25, 2018Attorney General Jeff Sessions hasn’t launched any raids or prosecutions since he revoked the Cole Memo...
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Joint Opinions
Why Jeff Sessions is Going After Legal Marijuana
January 4, 2018Rescinding the Cole Memo is part of a long-term game plan.
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Legal
Marijuana Crackdown? Not Yet: What Jeff Sessions’s New Memo Means For Legal Pot
January 4, 2018Don’t panic — and please don’t allow confusion and misinformation to fool you into doing Jeff...
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Politics
Jeff Sessions Rescinds Obama-Era Pot Protections
January 4, 2018The nation’s top law enforcement officer and attorney made a bombshell announcement this morning that he...
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Politics
Will Jeff Sessions Try to Reverse Two Decades of Progress?
January 11, 2017On Monday, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to give testimony on...
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Politics
Senator Jeff Sessions Uses Lady Gaga As Scientific Source Proving Perils of Marijuana Use
February 3, 2014Obama’s recent comments about the relative dangers of cannabis have sparked a lot of opinion. Some...
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Politics
AG Sessions Could Crackdown On Legal Weed, But ‘Unlikely’
August 1, 2018Attorney general does not comment on Trump’s statement about supporting siding with the STATES Act.
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Politics
Sessions Acknowledges ‘Some Benefits from Medical Marijuana’
April 27, 2018Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Trump administration's most notorious anti-cannabis hardliner, surprised advocates when he said...
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Politics
CA Treasurer, Cannabis Industry Figures Want to Meet Sessions
April 4, 2018Officials are looking for guidance on cannabis banking.
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Legal
Sessions Issues Memo Encouraging Federal Prosecutors to Kill Drug Offenders
March 21, 2018DOJ suggests prosecutors seek death penalty for people caught with large amounts of drugs.
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Joint Opinions
The Sessions ‘Marijuana Crackdown’ Is Backfiring
January 11, 2018Since Attorney General Jeff Sessions revoked the cannabis-friendly Cole Memo on Jan. 4, two state legislatures...
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Politics
Vermont Lawmakers Ignore Sessions, Vote to Legalize Marijuana
January 5, 2018Lawmakers in the Green Mountain State moved closer to becoming the first body of elected officials...
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Politics
Former Attorney General Says Sessions Has a Pot ‘Obsession’
October 11, 2017The man who oversaw raids on more than 100 marijuana dispensaries stepped forward on Tuesday to...
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Politics
DOJ vs DEA: AG Sessions is Blocking Cannabis Research
August 17, 2017Anonymous law enforcement officials say the DOJ is blocking approval of permits for research grows —...