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Two more governors respond to AG Sessions’ cannabis claims

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 18, 2017

The governors of Alaska and Washington responded to the letters sent by Attorney General Jeff Sessions which questioned the competence of their social cannabis programs. The governors of Alaska, Colorado,...

Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington

State leaders rebuke AG Sessions’ criticism of legal cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 8, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent letters with “serious questions” to the governors of Washington, Colorado, and Oregon on existing cannabis legislation last week, and now state officials have rebuked...

Task force report does not make the case for AG Sessions cannabis crackdown

Task force report does not make the case for AG Sessions’ cannabis crackdown

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 7, 2017

Attorney General Sessions’ Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety came up with no new conclusions or recommendations to forward the anti-cannabis policies, the Associated Press reported Friday....

Sessions questions Colorados cannabis regulation in letter to gov

Sessions questions Colorado’s cannabis regulation in letter to gov

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 4, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions questioned the legitimacy of cannabis regulatory structures in a letter sent to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper two weeks ago. In the letter, Sessions cited data from...

The Senate Appropriations Committee approves amendment, defying AG Sessions request

The Senate Appropriations Committee approves amendment, defying AG Sessions request

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 28, 2017

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved an amendment to protect medical cannabis programs from federal interference, despite a request from Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to do so. The...

Retired Jets player sues AG Sessions to decriminalize cannabis

Retired Jets player sues AG Sessions to decriminalize cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 25, 2017

Former Jets player Marvin Washington is suing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to decriminalize cannabis. Washington is one of the five plaintiffs including one veteran with PTSD, two children with seizure...

AG Sessions revokes directive preventing unlawful civil property seizures

AG Sessions revokes directive preventing unlawful civil property seizures

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 23, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions revoked a directive on Wednesday which prevented local law enforcement from circumventing state restrictions on seizing property of individuals suspected of a crime. The...

AG Sessions asked Congress for permission to prosecute medical cannabis providers

AG Sessions asked Congress for permission to prosecute medical cannabis providers

June 13, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked members of Congress to undo federal medical cannabis protections that have been in place since 2014, according to a letter he wrote last month. The protections,...

Trump hints at defying Congress and going after medical states

Trump hints at defying Congress and going after medical states

May 16, 2017

While Congress' budget bill included a provision protecting the 29 states who have legalized medical cannabis and 15 others who may do so from federal intervention, President Trump hinted that he may have...

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