All posts tagged "Attorney General 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
Report: Trump Has a Secret Anti-Cannabis Committee
August 29, 2018Despite the fact that he’s recently made comments suggesting that he supports state-legal cannabis, Trump appears...
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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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In The Magazine
Louisiana Leads Reform Efforts in the Deep South
August 7, 2018The Bayou State doesn’t have the most permissive medical marijuana program, but its lawmakers continue to...
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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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Medical
Smokable Forms of Marijuana Not Likely to Receive FDA Approval
May 9, 2018The FDA’s commissioner Scott Gottlieb earlier this week said there’s very little chance the regulatory agency...
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Joint Opinions
Marijuana & Opioids: Sanjay Gupta Tells Us What We Already Knew
May 2, 2018America’s most trusted TV doctor tackles cannabis and prescription pain pills in “Weed 4.”
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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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Legal
How Close Are We to Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition?
April 26, 2018The time to decriminalize cannabis on the federal level is now.
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Legal
Senators Want DOJ to Stop Blocking Medical Marijuana Research
April 19, 2018Letter states medical cannabis research is necessary for decision making.
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Legal
Which States Will Be Next to Legalize Marijuana?
April 17, 2018Several states are in the process of legalizing cannabis reforms.
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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
CA Treasurer, Cannabis Industry Figures Want to Meet Sessions
April 4, 2018Officials are looking for guidance on cannabis banking.
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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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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
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
Native Tribes Assert Sovereignty Over CA Pot Laws
March 6, 2018Can California Native American tribes grow and sell their own marijuana? Given that Native American tribes...