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Feds Look For Input On Marijuana Reclassification

The Trump administration is asking Americans for input on whether marijuana should be reclassified under international drug control treaties to which the U.S. is a party. Currently, under both U.S. law and global agreements, marijuana sits in the most restrictive category of…

Legal Marijuana States Seek Meeting With Jeff Sessions

California, Oregon and other marijuana-friendly states are seeking a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in hopes of resolving the conflict between federal and state laws that has left the nation’s cannabis industry in legal limbo. Marijuana is illegal…

No Congressional Couch Lock: State Medical Marijuana Laws Protected Through September 30th

By HILARY BRICKEN The Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment can still be used as a shield for medical marijuana providers...for now. State implementation of medical marijuana laws are safe from interference from the Department of Justice until September 30th of this year. In…

Here’s how much marijuana you’d need to be eligible for the death penalty under federal law

Last week Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo encouraging federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for certain drug trafficking offenses. Federal law allows for capital punishment in drug trafficking cases involving murder or homicide. But the attorney general…

Colorado lawmakers fall short in effort to shield recreational marijuana from federal enforcement

But massive spending bill will continue to protect medical marijuana use WASHINGTON — A $1.3 trillion plan to fund the federal government through the end of September won’t include protections for the recreational marijuana industry — a blow to Colorado…

Update: Sessions Shines Some Light On DOJ Marijuana Enforcement

The fate of marijuana operators in every state hangs on the prosecutorial whims of the U.S. Attorney in their districts. By Hilary Bricken Recall on January 4, 2018, when U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions single-handedly demolished the federal government’s former…

States Are Considering ‘Sanctuary’ Status For Cannabis Businesses

March 5, 2018
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Alaska, California, Massachusetts, Policy & Legal
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Taking a cue from the fight over immigration, some states that have legalized marijuana are considering providing so-called sanctuary status for licensed pot businesses, hoping to protect the fledgling industry from a shift in federal enforcement policy. Just hours after U.S. Attorney…

In Response To Sessions, Berkeley Votes To Become First Marijuana Sanctuary City

February 14, 2018
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California
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As California continues to function in a new era of legal marijuana, Berkeley has declared it is now a "sanctuary city" for cannabis users. CBS San Francisco reports that the Berkeley City Council voted in favor of a resolution that would designate…

Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Urge Trump To Overrule Sessions On Cannabis

A bipartisan group of 54 members of Congress led by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Colorado Representative Jared Polis is demanding that President Trump restore the federal government’s previous hands-off approach to marijuana. Trump’s attorney general, Jeff Sessions, shook the…

Neither Budge At Cory Gardner And Jeff Sessions Meeting About Cannabis Wednesday Morning

January 10, 2018
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Colorado
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Wednesday that a morning meeting with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions did little to settle their disagreement over marijuana policy — an impasse that makes it more likely that Congress will have to address the…

Marijuana Madness: Jeff Sessions Rescinds State-Legal Pot Policies

By Hilary Bricken What will the Future DOJ marijuana enforcement look like? It’s finally happening — Attorney General Jeff Sessions will, today, rescind the 2013 Cole Memo regarding federal enforcement in states that legalized cannabis. The Cole Memo, which came…

Illinois’ Cannabis Industry Doesn’t Expect Any Changes Despite New Federal Policy

Members of Illinois’ medical marijuana industry say they’re disappointed by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ move to allow more aggressive enforcement of marijuana laws — but business operators maintain existing laws will protect them. And one of the sponsors of a proposal…

GOP Fears 2018 Backlash After Sessions Cannabis Crackdown

The Justice Department’s decision to free federal prosecutors to enforce marijuana laws in states that have legalized the drug adds to the political burdens of congressional Republicans trying to hold their House and Senate majorities in an already challenging election…

Breaking News: US to end policy that let legal pot flourish

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is going after legalized marijuana. Sessions is rescinding a policy that had let legalized marijuana flourish without federal intervention across the country. That's according to two people with direct knowledge of the decision. They…

2017 Recap and New Year’s Wishes from Cannabis Industry Leaders!

The cannabis industry began 2017 with a high degree of optimism but also a great deal of uncertainty. The fall of 2016 saw tremendous movement towards legalization with new initiatives in the form of full legalization in California, Nevada, Maine…