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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would allow state medical marijuana laws to supersede the current federal prohibition on weed. The bill is dubbed the CARERS Act, which stands for the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act...

Today a bipartisan group of senators plans to introduce a new version of the CARERS Act, which aims to protect medical use of marijuana in the 29 states that allow it. Among other things, the bill would provide a more permanent shield from prosecution and forfeiture than the Rohrabacher/Farr...

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein hinted Tuesday there are changes on the horizon as to how the Justice Department handles marijuana enforcement in states that have legalized use of the drug in some form. “We follow the law and the science. From a legal and scientific perspective...

In May, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, under the instructions of President Trump, re-declared the war on drugs. The administration reinstated mandatory minimum sentencing, which means everyone involved in federal drug offenses are charged with the most serious crimes possible. That rolled back...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is asking congressional leaders to undo federal medical marijuana protections that have been in place since 2014, according to a May letter that became public Monday. The protections, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, prohibit the Justice Department from...

The battle between US states and the federal power is intensifying as California gets closer to becoming a 'sanctuary state,' safe from federal power against cannabis. The vote took place just over a week ago, and represented one of the first tangible legal actions taken in the unspoken...

One of the primary reasons there has not been much talk, as of late, about a crackdown on statewide marijuana legalization is U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is still waiting for a marijuana task force to submit a review of federal marijuana policy. Although there is not much known about...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is hell-bent on ending marijuana use in America, but he's only going to help it along. Last week, he declared he would be rolling back a regulation that protects non-violent drug offenders from serving maximum sentences. "Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a...

The legal house of cards on which the marijuana industry has built itself—legal at a state level but illegal federally—is one which has garnered much discussion. Built on promises of a hands-off policy from the Obama administration, the business of medical and recreational marijuana has exploded...

With all the mayhem and malfeasance emanating from the Trump administration, it's hard to keep up with the myriad policies and practices that are doing harm to the nation. That's especially true at the Department of Justice, where Attorney General Jeff Sessions seems determined to turn back the...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently issued new sentencing rules to help fill prisons, and his renewed attack on marijuana is certain to put more and more people behind bars. The only people who benefit from this are private prison owners, and they are currently celebrating Sessions' moves...

Everybody must get stoned, the famous Bob Dylan lyric goes. And as far as country singer Willie Nelson is concerned, that goes for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a hardline anti-marijuana crusader. Nelson is a crusader, too, though he is thoroughly in the pro-marijuana camp. Snoop Dogg...

In a memorandum providing new federal enforcement guidelines for anti-drug laws, Attorney General Jeff Sessions imprudently required government prosecutors to take a freshly hard-line approach. Although respect for the rule of law is essential, and a firm federal hand on nationwide criminal...

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered federal prosecutors to return to tough policies against drug abusers, ending a push by the Obama administration to clear prisons of lower-level criminals serving long, mandatory minimum sentences. He rescinded two policy memos signed by a...

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said he doesn't think the Trump administration will crack down on states that have legalized marijuana, following an hour-long conversation with Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday. Sessions "didn't give me any reason to think that he's going to come...

A meeting this week with Attorney General Jeff Sessions has left the governor of the first state to legalize marijuana less concerned over the possibility of the federal government pursing a war against recreational use. While Mr. Sessions has hardly been reserved about his opinions on pot...

Officials are pushing forward with a bill legalizing pot clubs in Nevada, ignoring federal threats and rhetoric against marijuana that suggests a looming crackdown on state laws. Many states with liberal marijuana laws are stopping previous efforts to expand the scope of their laws, fearing it...

Denver -- Rep. Mike Coffman is suggesting he might use the power of the purse to protect Colorado's legal marijuana industry. During a telephone town hall Wednesday evening the Republican congressman was asked about Attorney General Jeff Sessions' threat to crack down on states like Colorado...

A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday, urging their former colleague not to undo a 2013 policy permitting states to set their own recreational marijuana regulations. Led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Senator Lisa...

Denver - Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman wants to give Washington politicians a lesson in pot. She has invited US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his staff to visit Colorado. Coffman thinks it's important for them to see firsthand how Colorado is handling recreational marijuana...