All posts tagged "Jeff Sessions"

Culture

The Decade in Weed Hype

The past 10 years have been good for cannabis consumers.

Legal

Trump Administration Uses Cannabis Careers to Block Immigrants from U.S. Citizenship

Like he even needed another excuse.

Joint Opinions

Attorney General Nominee William Barr Would Be Good For Legal Cannabis

In his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 15, William Barr made...

Joint Opinions

Trump’s Next Attorney General Unlikely to Care for Marijuana Legalization

Speculation that Trump will legalize marijuana forgets some pertinent facts: That’s not what presidents do and...

Politics

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Forced to Resign

Sessions is being replaced by his Chief of Staff Matthew Whitaker who will serve as acting...

Politics

Jeff Sessions Resigns & the Cannabis Industry Celebrates With Caution

At Trump’s request, the famously anti-cannabis attorney general Jeff Sessions resigned today.

Medical

Jeff Sessions & Congress Are Both Preventing Federal Marijuana Research

Jeff Sessions has continued to wage his war against marijuana by blocking all potential marijuana research,...

Politics

Will Jeff Sessions’s Religious Liberty Task Force Protect Sacramental Cannabis Use?

Jeff Sessions's newly announced Religious Liberty Task Force has progressives fearing the worst. However, it might...

In The Magazine

Louisiana Leads Reform Efforts in the Deep South

The Bayou State doesn’t have the most permissive medical marijuana program, but its lawmakers continue to...

Politics

AG Sessions Could Crackdown On Legal Weed, But ‘Unlikely’

Attorney general does not comment on Trump’s statement about supporting siding with the STATES Act.

Economics

Canadian Cannabis Investors Are Being Banned From United States

Marijuana investors in Canada are being flagged when they try to travel to U.S.

Legal

How Will the U.S. Border Patrol Treat American Marijuana Tourists?

Hint: Not well.

Politics

Schumer Introduces Bill to Deschedule Cannabis to U.S. Senate

The Democratic senator from New York has introduced a bill to deschedule cannabis, thereby making it...

Economics

Beware of Marijuana Banking Scams

Ongoing prohibitions against cannabis businesses create space for scammers. Don’t be fooled.

Politics

Trump Deal Could Signal Twilight Hours of War on Marijuana

An announcement of a Trump deal on marijuana, made on Friday by a Senator from Colorado,...

Politics

Chinese Crime Networks Linked to Crackdown on CA Grow Ops

Federal agents seized about 100 homes around Northern California, which were supposedly used in grow operations...

Politics

What Happens When Congress’s Medical Marijuana Protections Expire?

Spoiler: Nothing. The U.S. federal government is scheduled to shut down again later this month, which...

Politics

Judge Dismisses Case Challenging Federal Prohibition

Washington v. Sessions, a case that challenged marijuana’s status as a Schedule I drug and made...

Politics

Decriminalization Effort Dies in Alabama State House

Under the current law, Alabamans can be saddled with a felony if they're caught with a...

Politics

Oral Arguments Heard in Lawsuit Against Jeff Sessions’s Pot Prohibition

A federal case seeks to deschedule cannabis, but government lawyers are confident that the court will rule once...