Legal Related New Attorney General Admits He Prefers Marijuana Reform Bill by Sophia Vida April 11, 2019 Attorney General William Barr is a lot different than former Attorney General Jeff Sessions who was adamantly against marijuana reform. According to Barr, he prefers that Congress enact legislation allowing states to legalize m...
Trends & Articles Marijuana Experts Comment on Jeff Sessions Resigning as Attorney General by Sophia Vida November 14, 2018 It was sudden, shocking, and celebratory for the marijuana industry when Jeff Sessions abruptly resigned as Attorney General by the request of President Trump. Several marijuana industry experts had something to say about his r...
Legal Related A Very Big Marijuana Bill Has Been Passed This Week by Sophia Vida September 13, 2018 A Congressional Committee has approved a marijuana bill this week that will require the Department of Justice and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to begin issuing more licenses to grow marijuana for research. Despite a drug conv...
Legal Related Feds are Targeting This in Oregon’s Marijuana Industry by Sophia Vida May 19, 2018 Federal prosecutors will go after the illicit marijuana market as well as organized crime in Oregon according to an announcement on Friday. The new guidelines for cannabis enforcement in Oregon were made public on Friday with t...
Science related (Medical) Dr. Sanjay Gupta Has a Message for Jeff Sessions about Marijuana by Sophia Vida April 24, 2018 Chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta had quite a lot to say to Jeff Sessions, the current Attorney General of the United States. According to Gupta, medical marijuana could save thousands of lives each year. As part of ...
Legal Related President Trump Abandons Plans for Potential Crackdown in Marijuana Legal States by Sophia Vida April 14, 2018 The White House announced on Friday that President Trump will lift his administration's plans for a potential crackdown on marijuana in states that have legalized the drug. Colorado Senator Cory Gardner said on Friday that he r...
Legal Related Several States Want to Meet with Jeff Sessions Over Marijuana Issues by Sophia Vida March 30, 2018 The states of California and Oregon, as well as other marijuana-friendly states in the nation, want to have a meeting with Jeff Sessions to resolve Cannabis conflict between federal and state laws. Currently marijuana is still ...
Legal Related This is How Much Marijuana is Needed to Get the Death Penalty by Sophia Vida March 27, 2018 It was last week that Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo that encourages federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in cases that involve "extremely large quantities of drugs. The provision, 18 U.S.C. ยง 3591(b)(1)...
Trends & Articles Pro-Marijuana Legalization Group Is Selling Rolling Papers with Jeff Session’s Face on Box by Sophia Vida March 02, 2018 Some might think this is very funny while others may not agree. A group called #JeffSesh, which advocates for recreational marijuana being legal is now selling roller papers with the attorney general's face on the box. Many ...
Trends & Articles U.S. Attorney General Thinks Marijuana Fuels Opioid Crisis by Sophia Vida February 09, 2018 According to Jeff Sessions, the US Attorney General, marijuana is a drug that is fueling the opioid epidemic, despite research stating otherwise. This week at a Heritage Foundation even that celebrated Ronald Reagan's birthday,...