All posts tagged "Jeff Sessions"
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Economics
Jeff Sessions Targets Marijuana Banking, Reignites Fears
January 25, 2018Attorney General Jeff Sessions hasn’t launched any raids or prosecutions since he revoked the Cole Memo...
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Joint Opinions
The Sessions ‘Marijuana Crackdown’ Is Backfiring
January 11, 2018Since Attorney General Jeff Sessions revoked the cannabis-friendly Cole Memo on Jan. 4, two state legislatures...
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Politics
Vermont Lawmakers Ignore Sessions, Vote to Legalize Marijuana
January 5, 2018Lawmakers in the Green Mountain State moved closer to becoming the first body of elected officials...
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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
Suing for Safe Access: Cannabis Prohibition Is Going on Trial
November 28, 2017Several plaintiffs, including 12-year-old cannabis patient Alexis Bortell, have filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff...
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Cannabis
Oregon Patients Are Getting Lost in the Legalization Hustle
October 30, 2017Medical marijuana patients in Oregon are losing out to legalization.
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Politics
Former Attorney General Says Sessions Has a Pot ‘Obsession’
October 11, 2017The man who oversaw raids on more than 100 marijuana dispensaries stepped forward on Tuesday to...
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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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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
Sessions Ups Anti-Pot Talk, But Mixed Message on Crackdown
March 15, 2017Attorney General Jeff Sessions doubled down on his anti-cannabis rhetoric in a speech to law enforcement,...
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Economics
Sessions Recession? What a Federal Cannabis Crackdown Would Mean for CO
February 14, 2017Would a federal crackdown bring a recession to Colorado's economy?
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Politics
SCOTUS Pick Aware of IRS Issues, Sessions Closer to Leading War on Pot
February 1, 2017In a today’s vote that went along party lines as expected, Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III...
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Politics
Will Jeff Sessions Try to Reverse Two Decades of Progress?
January 11, 2017On Monday, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to give testimony on...
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Politics
“Joint” Sessions: Marijuana Fills Future Attorney General’s Office
December 16, 2016If “good people don’t smoke marijuana,” as Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions asserted earlier this year, what...
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Politics
D.C. Protests Possible Cannabis Crackdown
December 2, 2016Safe access advocates in Washington, D.C. took their pro-cannabis message directly to controversial Attorney General appointee, Senator...
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Legal
The Pot Train Could Still Go Off the Tracks, and Here’s How
November 28, 2016DENVER (AP) — Weed is winning in the polls, with a solid majority of Americans saying...
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Economics
Wall Street Discusses Cannabis Investing at Bloomberg
November 21, 2016The cannabis industry is experiencing massive growth across the nation in the wake of another wave of...
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Politics
Drug War Update: Sessions to be U.S. Attorney General
November 21, 2016Anti-marijuana politician will serve as U.S. Attorney General.
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Politics
Senator Jeff Sessions Uses Lady Gaga As Scientific Source Proving Perils of Marijuana Use
February 3, 2014Obama’s recent comments about the relative dangers of cannabis have sparked a lot of opinion. Some...