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An 11-Year-Old Medical Marijuana Patient Is Suing Jeff Sessions

An 11-Year-Old Medical Marijuana Patient Is Suing Jeff Sessions

medicalmarijuana August 3, 2017 Comments Off on An 11-Year-Old Medical Marijuana Patient Is Suing Jeff Sessions

Among those at the center of an unprecedented lawsuit filed against Attorney General Jeff Sessions over federal scheduling of marijuana is Alexis Bortell, eleven, who had to move with her family from Texas to the Colorado community of

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Jeff Sessions Named In Federal Lawsuit Challenging Marijuana’s Schedule I Status

Jeff Sessions Named In Federal Lawsuit Challenging Marijuana’s Schedule I Status

medicalmarijuana July 26, 2017 Comments Off on Jeff Sessions Named In Federal Lawsuit Challenging Marijuana’s Schedule I Status

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the acting head of the Drug Enforcement Agency Charles Rosenberg have both been named in a new federal lawsuit challenging marijuana’s Schedule I status as unconstitutional. The 89-page lawsuit

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Jeff Sessions’ War on Marijuana Will Make the Opioid Crisis Worse

Jeff Sessions’ War on Marijuana Will Make the Opioid Crisis Worse

medicalmarijuana June 14, 2017 Comments Off on Jeff Sessions’ War on Marijuana Will Make the Opioid Crisis Worse

Jeff Sessions isn’t just delivering evasive testimony these days; he’s also trying to give the federal government more influence over state marijuana laws. “I believe it would be unwise for Congress to restrict the

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Jeff Sessions Wants To Prosecute Medical Marijuana Providers

Jeff Sessions Wants To Prosecute Medical Marijuana Providers

medicalmarijuana June 13, 2017 Comments Off on Jeff Sessions Wants To Prosecute Medical Marijuana Providers

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is pushing for Congress to undo federal protections for medical marijuana providers that have been in place since 2014. According to a May 1 letter that was made public on

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Jeff Sessions’ Hopes Of Going After State Medical Marijuana Laws Just Went Up In Smoke

Jeff Sessions’ Hopes Of Going After State Medical Marijuana Laws Just Went Up In Smoke

medicalmarijuana May 2, 2017 Comments Off on Jeff Sessions’ Hopes Of Going After State Medical Marijuana Laws Just Went Up In Smoke

Congress is blocking the Justice Department from spending any money that interferes with state medical marijuana laws, again. Known as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, it is a provision included by lawmakers that allows states to

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Jeff Sessions is Outright Wrong About Marijuana and Opioid Abuse

Jeff Sessions is Outright Wrong About Marijuana and Opioid Abuse

medicalmarijuana March 16, 2017 Comments Off on Jeff Sessions is Outright Wrong About Marijuana and Opioid Abuse

On Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions cemented his place as a fighter of the “war on drugs” when he delivered a speech on violence, crime, and public safety and called marijuana only “slightly less

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Jeff Sessions Says He Will Enforce Federal Marijuana Laws In An ‘Appropriate Way’

Jeff Sessions Says He Will Enforce Federal Marijuana Laws In An ‘Appropriate Way’

medicalmarijuana March 14, 2017 Comments Off on Jeff Sessions Says He Will Enforce Federal Marijuana Laws In An ‘Appropriate Way’

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a radio interview last week he would enforce federal marijuana laws in an “appropriate way.” In a radio interview Thursday with Hugh Hewitt, the former Alabama senator shared

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Jeff Sessions Peddles Hysteria To Attack Legal Marijuana

Jeff Sessions Peddles Hysteria To Attack Legal Marijuana

medicalmarijuana March 1, 2017 Comments Off on Jeff Sessions Peddles Hysteria To Attack Legal Marijuana

The Trump administration ratcheted up its attacks on legal weed with a series of feverish — and largely unsubstantiated — remarks on marijuana made by the nation’s new top cop. Attorney General Jeff Sessions

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