House GOP slams cannabis twice
Patients beware. The Republican party may be ready to follow through on its 2016 election platform threat to “roll back medical marijuana” and, in September, the GOP-dominated house threw a…
Federal DOJ taskforce leak: Leave cannabis law to states
Ever since US Attorney General Jeff Sessions took power, one big question has been how his anti-cannabis bigotry would affect marijuana reform. Those concerns intensifed when Sessions surrounded himself with…
Sessions wants to take your bank account for the cops
Do you have money in the bank but have not been charged with any crime? Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new Department of Justice policy that increases the ability…
GOP targets addicts with prison, treatment cuts
The Trump administration’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions is calling for the next federal budget to include a private prison expansion and — most recently — asked Congress to fund a…
Fox: Cannabis should be traded under NAFTA
“Cannabis absolutely should be part of the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement ) agreement,” former President of Mexico Vincente Fox told thousands of participants gathered in Oakland CA for…
Congress reins in Sessions’ war on medical use for now
While the Trump administration continues to appoint supporters of the failed Drug War to positions within his cabinet, Congress took steps to protect patients. The new funding bill that averted…
Cannabis guide to Trump administration picks
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump repeatedly pledged to respect state marijuana laws and touted the benefits of medical cannabis. But in his inaugural address, President Trump decried “the crime…