All posts tagged "Department of Justice"
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Legal
DOJ Report Shows 61% Decline in Federal Cannabis Prisoners
July 20, 2023A Department of Justice report released last week showed a 61% decline in federal prisoners convicted...
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Politics
Washington State Lawmakers Approve Interstate Cannabis Commerce Bill
February 26, 2023A legislative committee has approved a bill that would allow cannabis companies to conduct business across...
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Politics
Blumenauer-McClintock Amendment Passes House
June 20, 2019Amendment that would block DOJ from interfering with state marijuana laws moves to the Senate.
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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
U.S. Representatives Introduce Bill to Collect Data on Cannabis
July 24, 2018A new bill on Capitol Hill will attempt to demystify the cannabis data coming out of...
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Legal
The DOJ Warns Massachusetts Over Legal Pot Program, But Says Opioid Epidemic a Priority
July 11, 2018The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts isn’t giving the state’s legal cannabis program a free pass,...
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Politics
Trump Deal Could Signal Twilight Hours of War on Marijuana
April 15, 2018An announcement of a Trump deal on marijuana, made on Friday by a Senator from Colorado,...
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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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Legal
DEA Eases CBD Research, But Only Big Pharma Will Benefit
December 31, 2015Marijuana advocates across the United States waited eagerly on bended knee earlier last week upon the...
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Legal
Lawmakers Slam DOJ: Stop Prosecuting Against State MMJ Law
August 4, 2015The battle between Representatives Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and Sam Farr (D-CA) and the Department of Justice...
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Economics
Bipartisan Support for Bill Allowing Marijuana Banking
July 11, 2015In an attempt to make banking more accessible to the cannabis industry, a group of bipartisan...