Search results for "mandatory minimum"
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Legal
Police Sued After Raids on Rastafarian Cannabis Farm
September 1, 2017Is using cannabis a religious right?
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Politics
AG Sessions to Congress: Let Me Prosecute Cannabis Patients
June 13, 2017A recently revealed memo from AG Jeff Sessions urging Congress to overturn restrictions on DOJ prosecution...
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In The Magazine
Left Behind by Clemency
June 5, 2017What's beef? Beef is when a rap video means the difference between a four-year sentence and...
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Politics
DOJ Task Force Gears Up to Talk Pot Policy
June 2, 2017The Justice Department's Task Force on Public Safety and Crime Reduction has a set of initial...
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Legal
AG Sessions Escalates Drug War with New Sentencing Rules
May 12, 2017Nostalgia for the 1980s and '90s is hot right now, and that retro fever seems to...
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Cultivation
Shooting Shotgun Willie’s Secret Stash
May 3, 2017A through-the-lens look at an outlaw icon’s special suppliers.
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Politics
AG Sessions’ Right Hand Man Wants to Amp Up the Drug War
April 17, 2017The uncertainty surrounding the Trump Administration's policy direction on cannabis enforcement has had a chilling effect...
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Legal
Guidelines Give More Clemency for Crack than Cannabis
January 23, 2017Former president Obama released more prisoners through pardon and clemency than any other U.S. president in...
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Legal
CA Cannabis Pioneers Hoping for Presidential Pardon
December 27, 2016President Barack Obama has granted pardons and commutations of sentence to over 200 federal prisoners, most...
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Legal
Radical Sentence Reduction Returns Beloved Cannabis Icon to CA
December 9, 2016This Wednesday saw one of the most beloved prisoners of the war on cannabis leave federal...
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In The Magazine
How Bernie Sanders Changed Marijuana Forever
May 8, 2016In the histories still to be written about the long, hard fight for federal cannabis reform,...
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Politics
Sanders Outperforms Bush On Cannabis At Town Halls
February 20, 2016With the Nevada caucus and South Carolina primary looming large on Saturday, Democrats traveled to Las...
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Cultivation
So You Want to be a Grower?
December 8, 2015Growing pot is really easy, and it will make you filthy rich, rich beyond your wildest...
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Legal
Paul Stanford: 40-Year Cannabis Activist Reflects on Legalization
December 6, 2015Paul Stanford first tried cannabis when he was just 11-years-old. The year was 1971 and he...
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In The Magazine
Cannabis Now Interviews Tommy Chong
June 12, 2015At 76-years-old, Tommy Chong is at the height of his career. It was nearly 40 years...
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Joint Opinions
On Science and Ideology: Why the Feds Aren’t Going Far Enough On Cannabis Policy
April 30, 2015Many Americans are excited about the federal bill to legalize medical cannabis nationwide. If passed, the...
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Joint Opinions
The Butterfly Effect of Prohibition
August 9, 2014By Federal Inmate 63131-097 Jasmine is a typical 12-year-old girl. She’s pretty, smart and loves cheerleading,...
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Economics
The Fight Behind the New Kentucky Hemp Farm
May 16, 2014In news that has swung wildly by day, the state of Kentucky is suing the DEA...
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Politics
New Poll Indicates Americans Ready to End War on Drugs
May 5, 2014A recent survey indicates that the American people are ready to finally put an end to...
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Joint Opinions
Obama Will Reschedule Cannabis by the Year’s End
May 1, 2014I’m not the kind of person that makes big predictions based on a gut feeling but...