Marijuana creates buzz at White House
Of the pressing policy questions facing the White House this week
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Law enforcement has long relied on the clich
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Medical marijuana won Wednesday night
View ArticleMarijuana laws in Washington, Colorado will stand
UPDATE 1:33 p.m.: Marshall said the priorities set out by the Attorney General are longstanding ones when it comes to marijuana.She said pending marijuana prosecutions in the state involve drug...
View ArticleInternal Justice Department Emails Shed New Light On Obama's Perplexing...
Next month, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to testify on Capitol Hill at the invitation of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) about the Obama administration's ineffable policy on medical...
View ArticleFeds won't sue to stop marijuana use in 2 states
Despite 75 years of federal marijuana prohibition, the Justice Department said Thursday that states can let people use the drug, license people to grow it and even allow adults to stroll into stores...
View ArticleLegal marijuana sellers face quandary: No armored cars
Steve DeAngelo says his staff may need to carry cash in personal vehicles to pay Harborside Health Center
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Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Thursday that two states will be allowed to go forward with legalizing recreational marijuana use, a major move that could reshape the federal government's...
View ArticleMemo: Justice Department Won't Meddle With States That Legalize Marijuana
Mary Jane made a new friend today: an old bearded hippie named Uncle Sam.In a memo released this afternoon, the Department of Justice signaled that it will not meddle with state efforts to legalize and...
View ArticleLegalized Pot Cleared, for Now, by Uncle Sam
The White House said it has no plans to force the repeal of marijuana-legalization laws in Washington and Colorado, but it remained silent about the future of enforcement activities in other states...
View ArticleFeds won
The ongoing effort to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana to adults in Oregon appeared to gain fresh momentum Thursday with the Obama administration
View ArticleMarijuana laws in Washington, Colorado will stand
UPDATE 1:33 p.m.: Marshall said the priorities set out by the Attorney General are longstanding ones when it comes to marijuana.She said pending marijuana prosecutions in the state involve drug...
View ArticleDr. Sanjay Gupta's WEED Documentary: A Critique by ABC's Resident Cannabis...
Having researched and written about medicinal cannabis (Cannabis sativa) for more than four years for the American Botanical Council and its journal HerbalGram, I watched CNN
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Patients Need Protection NOT Policy Rhetoric. Will Congress...
Last Thursday, Deputy Attorney General James Cole issued a long-awaited memo laying out the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) policy on state marijuana laws. At my office at Americans for Safe Access,...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Crackdown Will Continue in Northern California
State-legal medical marijuana businesses in California can expect continued federal threats, raids, and forfeitures despite the historic new memo from the White House August 29 which resets Justice...
View ArticleLocal marijuana advocates optimistic after White House announcement
Local marijuana advocates are hopeful that cannabis-related regulation will become less stringent in the wake of a federal government memo released last week.After the Obama administration
View ArticleBreaking Down The DOJ's 'New' Stance On Marijuana Enforcement
Late last week, the U.S. Department of Justice answered the million dollar question lawmakers in Washington state and Colorado have been waiting for since the states legalized recreational marijuana...
View ArticleFinally, recognition of cannabis' medical value
Recently, with little fanfare, Gov. John Kitzhaber signed House Bill 3460 into law, creating a regulated supply system for medical marijuana. Finally, patients will have legal and safe businesses from...
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