Search results for "Rohrabacher-Blumenauer"
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Politics
Dana Rohrabacher Talks Trump & Why He Thinks Cannabis Will Likely Be Legal By 2020
April 30, 2019Dana Rohrabacher, former Republican Congressman from Southern California, speaks to Cannabis Now about the outlook for...
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Politics
What the Government Shutdown Means for Legal Hemp & Cannabis Protections
January 17, 2019Thanks to the government shutdown, the Department of Agriculture hasn’t been able to build regulations for...
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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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Joint Opinions
Is The Cannabis Industry the New Prohibition Party?
November 4, 2018Focusing on the politics of cannabis can cause other issues to be ignored.
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Politics
Former Deputy AG James Cole Wants Cannabis Regulated Like Alcohol
August 3, 2018Cole tells NCIA audience that the cannabis industry doesn’t need descheduling.
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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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Economics
Banks Are Pulling Out of the Medical Marijuana Business
April 5, 2018The cannabis industry still deals in cash.
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Politics
Should State-Legal Cannabis Growers Worry About Trump’s Death Penalty Threat?
March 29, 2018After Jeff Sessions issued a memo urging prosecutors to seek the death penalty for those "dealing in...
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Politics
Federal Medical Marijuana Protections Renewed Again
March 23, 2018Rohrabacher-Blumenauer is included in government spending bill.
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Politics
What Happens When Congress’s Medical Marijuana Protections Expire?
March 12, 2018Spoiler: Nothing. The U.S. federal government is scheduled to shut down again later this month, which...
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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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Economics
How the Budget Crunch Could Hurt Medical Marijuana Patients
December 7, 2017The federal government has been marijuana's number one enemy for years, but in this instance, cannabis...
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Economics
Hawaii First State to Push for Cashless Pot Economy
September 13, 2017The state is betting that the dangers of electronic banking through a single app and credit...
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Politics
Pot Industry Gets Two Month Reprieve From DOJ Axe
September 13, 2017Congress has extended the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment from Sept. 30 through Dec. 8.
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Politics
Medical Pot Protections in Jeopardy on Capitol Hill
September 8, 2017Only more one stage in the legislative process keeps Jeff Sessions away from prosecuting state medical...
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Politics
Sessions vs The Senate: Committee Votes to Uphold MMJ Protections
July 27, 2017National direction to protect medical marijuana advances forward.
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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
Legalization in Trump’s America: Skating on Thin Ice
June 12, 2017With an aggressive executive branch openly defying constitutional checks on its authority and installing noted prohibitionists...
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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...