5 Aug 2018

Video: Jeff Sessions Acknowledges States Have the Right to Set Their Own Marijuana Policies

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Video: Jeff Sessions Acknowledges States Have the Right to Set Their Own Marijuana Policies | Phillip Smith

Even as he defended federal marijuana prohibition, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions last Thursday conceded that states have the right to pass their own marijuana laws. Sessions, an avowed foe of marijuana legalization, has moved to rescind Obama-era guidance to prosecutors that gave some protection to state-legal marijuana operations, but the reality on the ground […]

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26 Feb 2018

Sessions vs. Grassley: Sentencing Reform Sparks Fight on the Conservative Right

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Sessions vs. Grassley: Sentencing Reform Sparks Fight on the Conservative Right | Phillip Smith

Attorney General Jeff Sessions came out against a painstakingly cobbled-together Senate sentencing reform bill Wednesday, sparking a public food fight with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the very face of dour Corn Belt conservatism. In a letter reported by Reuters, Sessions warned the committee not to approve the sentencing […]

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11 Feb 2016

The right way to do drugs

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The right way to do drugs
Cannabis once grew in secret, traded by murderous cartels and smoked by consumers who risked jail. Now, countries all over the world have licensed the drug for medical purposes, and a few are going still further (see article). Four American states have …
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Cannabis sales rose 40% to almost billion last year
Colorado's Department of Revenue reported that cannabis sales in the Centennial State reached $ 996 million in the 2015 fiscal year; up from $ 699 million during 2014's fiscal year. That represents an increase of 42 percent. The fiscal year runs from …
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From comedy to cannabis: Roseanne Barr invests in Santa Ana pot shop
And we're proud of the city of Santa Ana as we continue to move into the era of recognizing cannabis as the natural, therapeutic, herbal substance medical science has proven it to be,” Barr said in a statement. “Roseanne's Joint will be a responsible, …
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6 May 2015

Letter from Langdon: Right to Farm, Dude

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Letter from Langdon: Right to Farm, Dude
Until now, farmers in Missouri haven't even had the right to grow hemp, the fibrous non-intoxicating cousin of cannabis once used for rope and ships sails, let alone marijuana. That's mostly because law enforcement was afraid it would be used to …
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News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 am EDT
We've proven that we can grow it." Kentucky has been at the forefront of efforts across the U.S. to revive hemp, but for now, hemp production is limited to pilot projects. Growing hemp without a federal permit was banned in 1970 due to its …
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