A landmark cannabis lawsuit that has the potential to reshape the medical cannabis policy, has been filed against Jeff Sessions and the DEA. Read more in this post from The Motley Fool. There are few industries with a faster growth rate at the moment than legal marijuana. In a 2017 report from Marijuana Business Daily titled "Marijuana Business Factbook 2017," it was ... Continue Reading
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12-Year-Old Hopeful of Defeating Jeff Sessions in Court
Jeff Sessions’s war on pot goes to court. 12-year-old Alexis Bortell and her co-plaintiffs will have their day in court soon. Her lawyer thinks they can win. A 12-year-old suing the federal government may have a whiff of adorableness. But for Alexis Bortell, who filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff Sessions last fall, it's a choice she had to make to save her life. ... Continue Reading
Jeff Sessions Declares War on Legal Marijuana
The US attorney general, Jeff Sessions, rescinds the Obama-era guidelines that made legal marijuana possible and compares marijuana to heroin. Find out more in this post from SOL*CBD. A memo was released on Thursday, January 4, 2017, in which current United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he is rescinding the Cole Memorandum, put in place by United States ... Continue Reading
Jeff Sessions Makes State Cannabis Laws Toothless
Jeff Sessions rescinds the Cole memo, which protected States’ legal cannabis from feds. Read more in this post from Leafly about how the state cannabis laws have been rendered toothless. Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor said Thursday that his office will “aggressively” pursue serious marijuana crimes but isn’t directly addressing the state’s adult-use cannabis ... Continue Reading
Jeff Sessions Toughens Stance on Legal Cannabis
Jeff Sessions’ notice on rescinding policy allowing states' legal cannabis rights causes ripples across the industry. Find out more in this post from CBS News. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a marijuana enforcement memo Thursday rescinding the Obama administration's guidance, which enabled states to legalize marijuana without federal intervention. His one-page memo ... Continue Reading